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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Steyning; containing 378 inhabitants. The road from London to Brighton, by way of Horsham, runs through the parish. The … Hill is a lofty artificial mount, supposed by some to be either a place where the Saxon idol Woden was worshipped, … resided here for several years; it was, however, finally taken down by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and the only …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 35 who also held Southwick. 36 It continued thereafter to be held of Bramber rape, 37 the lordship apparently … and Hugh Quecche were said in 1402 to have lately taken possession. 10 By 1434 the manors belonged to the same …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Buildings Buildings Woodstock: Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 … of 1841-81. 51 The descent of many sites may therefore be traced, and identification is aided by a valuation of c. … the 1760s 56 and was still so in 1856 when the lease was taken by the brewers Wootten 8 Co. The building was extended …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of … later found inconvenient and in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation … charged his house in Copperyware Street with 6 s. 8 d. to be distributed to the poor in bread on Good Friday. 87 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary … Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. 91 … street names were lacking, some sequences of rents may be assigned to particular streets. 97 Much of the later …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community … (Herefs.). Although no early inns were mentioned, it may be significant that the site of one of the principal later … a glove workshop in the early 19th century and was later taken over by Christopher Daggett, 59 who in 1871 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national reforms, however, provoked a comment … and support a grammar school and a master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman … to be lent out at interest for the master's benefit until taken in hand in 1640. 92 Thomas Fletcher (d. 1617), cousin …
A History of the County of Oxford
… jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock … pool and the site of the horse fair, was deemed to be in Hensington, and the borough boundary divided the front … mortality were 1655 and 1708, when burials exceeded 30. 35 Taken together the evidence suggests that total population in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the … farmed, and the town's contribution to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The … audited. He could imprison men for many offences without bail, dispense charitable funds, order casual poorrelief, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fined, and one or two recusants were reported from time to time until Catholic emancipation. 51 By 1930, 52 when … priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to Kidlington … provided the parish priests. In 1985 the parish was taken over by the archdiocese and a secular priest appointed. …