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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, … district of Woodside was formed in August 1846, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and became a parish under the provisions of that act, on the subsequent consecration of its church. It …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 09 SW, c TL 09 NE, d TL 09 SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Nassington, covers some 420 hectares lying across Willow Brook, between 80 ft. and 210 ft. above OD. Most of it is on bands of clays, limestones and sands which … Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1777 (NRO, map of 1778). Nothing is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably established when the … marriage centre in the 18th century before the Hardwicke Act. 49 For the rectory and rectors, above, Bladon, Church. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … markets and fairs in that year was followed by an Act in 1576 making Woodstock a staple town. George Whitton, … was later acknowledged as a cattle fair. 20 Under the Act of 1751 the four authorized fairs were put back 11 days, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … in educational provision for the poor. 86 The opening of an infants' school in 1840 and, belatedly, of a National …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … and greatly influenced the town's later history. 71 An Act of 1576 making Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated … Ogilby, Britannia (1970 facs. edn.). 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. Act). For mins. of the Stokenchurch trustees, O.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … the town's decline to the cessation of royal patronage the Act allowed free trading in wool and yarn within the borough. … the third reading. 16 The borough's privileges under the Act of 1576 were invoked in 1602 in a dispute over wool …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 … was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885. For lists and biogs. of M.P.s see Williams, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … for potato gardens were made under the Inclosure Act of 1810. 37 Common rights were enjoyed in Woolaston Wood … the late 17th and 18th centuries. 40 Under the Inclosure Act of 1810 encroachments made before 1789 for which no rents …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … 2, map, 1769. Local information. Mon. & Glouc. Roads Act, 31 Geo. II, c. 44; Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 34 & 35 Vic. c. 115. Badminton Mun. F Drawer 2, map, …