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A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … wardens of Woodstock chapel granted the recently acquired Black Hall to John Bytham for a quitrent of 2 s. 4 d. 5 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … was Crow Lane and by the 17th usually Blackhall Lane, from Black Hall, later the Star inn, at its corner. Its later name … on the west side c. 1600. 77 In the early 17th century the country bakers set out their wares around the High Cross in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … the serjeant and crier were paid for collecting it; 58 the country bakers paid separately for their standings beneath … 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
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … at the Old Woodstock end of the causeway was accepted as a country bridge and in 1839, after a dispute with the … There is no direct evidence of plague in Woodstock but the Black Death ravaged villages in the town's hinterland and may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… public library from 1895 until it was taken over by the country council in 1947, regularly issued licences for … the borough's arms, crest, and supporters, and the legend, black letter, SIGILLU M COMMUNE COM MUNITATIS VILLE D OMINI … may have been carried by aldermen. There are also short staffs carried by the four tithingmen. Administration of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … secured the admission of over 50 freemen, mostly local country gentlemen; 58 in 1722 c. 190 voted 59 and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … only a farm. The parish church, the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached … century, for the crossing of the Piccadilly brook and the Black brook at Twyford was recorded in 956. 59 That was the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … 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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … of the allied sovereigns, on their visit to this country after the peace of 1814, and presented by that …