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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… population of 1086 cannot be assessed; one entry ( V.C.H., Dorset iii, 65) includes other manors; the other ( ibid., … areas at the lower (N.W.) ends of most closes yield black soil, flint rubble, Heathstone fragments and 12th to … lay on the S. side, just E. of the modern road. (Profile, p. 115.) Woodlands. Prehistoric Monuments near Knowlton (20) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are in Woodmansey. The township comprises 2910 a. 2 r. 38 p., of which 386 acres are in Woodmansey, and the remainder … of the chancellor, as lessor of the tithe, and the late H. G. Knight, Esq., of Firbeck, as lessee. A school for girls … son of Edward I., was born here; as were also Edward the Black Prince, and Thomas of Woodstock, sons of Edward III. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… By the early 18th century the house was an inn, the Pied Bull, 63 and remained so until acquired c. 1802 by Joseph … wardens of Woodstock chapel granted the recently acquired Black Hall to John Bytham for a quitrent of 2 s. 4 d. 5 The … renting in 1662. 36 It was later owned by the lawyer and M.P. Sir Littleton Osbaldeston (d. 1692) and for much of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may have been named from John of Wappenham, Woodstock's M.P. in 1305. 46 In the 16th century the lane was Crow Lane and by the 17th usually Blackhall Lane, from Black Hall, later the Star inn, at its corner. Its later name … The principal medieval inns were probably the George, the Bull, and the Crown. The George, later the Marlborough Arms, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock houses, including one of the principal inns, the Bull. 2 Trade attracted outsiders to the town. In 1461 John … Woodstock a staple town. George Whitton, alderman and M.P., probably instigated the Bill and certainly paid for the … sqq.; H. A. Jones, 'Where Tommy Atkins' Gloves are made', Black and White, 3 Dec. 1898. Oxf. Jnl. 2, 16 Apr. 1842. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… There is no direct evidence of plague in Woodstock but the Black Death ravaged villages in the town's hinterland and may … one of several signs of revival. The right to elect two M.P.s, not invoked since the early 14th century, was reasserted … xviii), 16, 111, 113. Ibid. 1230 (N.S. iv), 258-9. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 345; Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 9 Aug. 1755. Geol Surv. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 21 and George served as mayor in 1571 and 1572 and M.P. from 1572. He provided the drive and funds to establish … the borough's arms, crest, and supporters, and the legend, black letter, SIGILLU M COMMUNE COM MUNITATIS VILLE D OMINI … 9 o'clock closure with the boast that at his inn (the Bull) there would be piping and dancing 'at 1 o'clock …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… century, for the crossing of the Piccadilly brook and the Black brook at Twyford was recorded in 956. 59 That was the … Bk. 311 a. were transferred. Census, 1931; Glos. R.O., CL/P 94/2. Census, 1891; O.S. Area Bk. Tidenham (1881). For … in Dean (1967), 21, 59. Ibid. 25, 28; C. S. Garrett and F. H. Harris, 'Chesters Roman Villa', Arch. Cambrensis. xciii. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… White Lion and by the 1950s as the Square. 23 By 1839 the Bull and Butcher had opened north-west of the church on the … who was succeeded by his grandson Henry Ayshford (d. s.p. c. 1662). 1 Arthur Ayshford (d. 1670), cousin and heir to … D/RA 1/1/9; P.R.O., SC 2/200/56. S.R.O., tithe award. V.C.H. Som. ii. 350; Census; P.R.O., HO 107/964. Census. Som. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E. side of the road, 600 yards E. of the church. b(5). Black House, two tenements, 180 yards S.S.E. of (4), has … Croose Farm, house, nearly m. S.E. of the church, is of H-shaped plan with the cross-wings at the E. and W. ends. The …