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A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Introduction Introduction Bladon, about 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford, lies on … is included in the present account, were distinct from Bladon township for civil purposes, but the whole area …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Local government Local goverment In 1279 John of London, who held Bladon manor at farm for life, had a three-weekly court and the view of frankpledge at Bladon, to which neither the sheriff nor the hundred reeve …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Manors and other estates Manors and other estates. In 1086 Adam son of Hubert de Rys held 5 hides in Bladon of Odo of Bayeux. 42 The manor, which was held in … Geoffrey de Hauvill. 44 After Geoffrey's death c. 1242 45 Bladon was administered by bailiffs until 1265 when Henry III …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Nonconformity Nonconformity Apart from one recusant in … in 1682 and 1683, no nonconformist was recorded in Bladon until 1820 when the house of John Sumner, later a … preacher, was licensed as a meeting house. 37 At first the Bladon Methodists were organized jointly with those of Combe, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 50, excluding the hunting department based at Home Farm, Bladon. 31 In modern times, although the family ceased to … where its ceiling is attributed to the 8th duke. Above, Bladon, Intro. Blenheim Mun., plan of kitchen ct. [ c. 1850]. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area in the south-east around the Lince which remained in Bladon. 27 Blenheim parish is divided by the river Glyme, … from c. 250 ft. (76 m.) near the southern boundary with Bladon to c. 315 ft. (96 m.) near the palace. West of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the fact that a line from Ditchley gate in the north to Bladon church tower in the south passes precisely through the … walk and circuses. A straight central walk, aligned on Bladon church tower, led c. 750 yd. from the south entrance … gate remained the main entrance; a map of c. 1710 shows Bladon, Combe, Gorrel, and Wootton gates, and steps over the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and now as Lower Park, was taken out of Hensington (in Bladon parish) by an exchange with the Templars, perhaps in … men were presented for breaking into the king's park of Bladon; Bladon gate, probably then, as later, in Hensgrove, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as Thomas Elcock, appointed in 1572, who was rector of Bladon. 75 Until the Civil War the porter of the manor house …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor house in Woodstock Park. The 'demesne towns' were Bladon, Combe, Hanborough, Hordley, Stonesfield, Wootton, … of Wootton. The borough of New Woodstock, created out of Bladon parish in the 12th century, was for long answerable to … and implements there acquired with Woodstock manor. 39 Bladon was granted for life to various royal officers for …