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A History of the County of Oxford
… the public weighbridge; it also negotiated with the Blenheim Estate to provide an adequate water supply, served … of the town's assistance during the great fire at Blenheim in 1861. 17 In the early 17th century the High Cross … there was plentiful employment in gloving and on the Blenheim estate. The poor benefited from the town's many …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally … period. The site, on the north bank of the Glyme opposite Blenheim Palace, was occupied until the early 18th century by … it was surrounded by a great park, Woodstock Park, renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… freemen introduced in the period 1701-4. 40 The grant of Blenheim to the duke of Marlborough in 1705 immediately … until Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, stopped all work at Blenheim shortly before the election; in panic Wheate … candidate. In 1713, with the Marlboroughs in exile and the Blenheim debt a local grievance, Abingdon's challenge was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Woodstock (62 a.) and the extra parochial district of Blenheim Park (2,269 a.) belonged historically to the hundred … SC 6/962/20; SC 6/963/1112. Ibid. LR 2/197, f. 134v. Blenheim Mun. B/M/208236 (Woodstock manor and honor ct. rolls … and min. bks. 16181925). Below, Steeple Aston, loc. govt. Blenheim Mun. B/M/291 (presentment bk. of Wootton hund. ct. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… several extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and … and park were granted in 1705 to the duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace was built, and later dukes enlarged the … borough of Woodstock was extended to include much of the Blenheim estate. The building of Blenheim Palace stimulated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Charlotte, duchess of Marlborough, buried in the chapel at Blenheim. William Fletcher was buried at the west end of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Kidlington, owned by Thomas Robinson, and 53 a. owned by Blenheim estate were farmed from outside the parish until the … c. 1829 of Parker's Farm north of Sandy Lane. 73 The Blenheim estate bought Robinson's land in 1849 and by 1863 … ii. 297 mistakenly derives the word from titter, a weed. Blenheim Mun., box 21, leases of 1597 and 1652; Exeter Coll. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not to have been recorded, 44 and in 1811 the muniments at Blenheim and 'early maps' belonging to Sir Henry Dashwood …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Dash. XV/ii/1 P.R.O. PROB 11/736 (P.C.C. 294 Anstis); Blenheim Mun., box 22; O.R.O., Dash. XV/ii/2. O.R.O., Dash. …