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A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxf. Jnl. 27 Oct. 1804, 10 Nov. 1804; Oxon. Clockmakers (Banbury Hist. Soc. iv), 144, 149. Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 7 Aug. …
A History of the County of Oxford
Banbury Buildings Buildings. The castle, manor-house, … to resist the conclusion that the buildings of medieval Banbury have vanished so completely because they were … have survived. 8 Most of the early surviving buildings in Banbury belong stylistically to the late 16th and the 17th …
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Banbury Charities Charities for the Poor. By will dated 1443 John Forest, Prebendary of Banbury (d. 1446), bequeathed 66 13 s. 4 d. for 20 years to support 4 persons 'in my almshouse at Banbury' at the rate of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly …
A History of the County of Oxford
Banbury Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period … century Wulfric the priest may have been connected with Banbury. 2 Before 1185 the Bishop of Lincoln had granted …
A History of the County of Oxford
Banbury Economic history Economic History. Agriculture. The Oxfordshire portion of Banbury parish was anciently divided between at least three, … town they were scarcely ever referred to as the fields of Banbury, a fact that perhaps gave rise to a phrase, quoted in …
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Banbury Education Education. Schoolmasters were mentioned in … of a religious body. The earliest known school in Banbury was St. John's Hospital school, founded at the end of … the whole of the endowment of the Blue Coat charity and Banbury National school into one Blue Coat foundation to be a …
A History of the County of Oxford
Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. … p. 120. Charities for the Poor, p. 124. The borough of Banbury lies 22 miles north of Oxford on the River Cherwell, …
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Banbury Local government Local Government. Seignorial AdminisTration. The government of Banbury in the Middle Ages was closely linked with the administration of the bishop's estate, of which Banbury was the centre. By 1279 the estate's organization was …
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Banbury Manors Manors and Other Estates. In the Anglo-Saxon period Banbury, along with Thame, Dorchester, and other Oxfordshire … transferred to Lincoln, 2 and the Bishop of Lincoln held Banbury in 1086. 3 The bishops of Lincoln held in chief and …
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Banbury Origins and growth of the town Origins and Growth of the Town. By 1086 Banbury was one of the administrative centres of the Bishop … to tenements in Calthorpe and Neithrop, and not in Banbury; 5 and the unlikelihood of a hamlet (Calthorpe) …
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