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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although fluctuating, is carried on to a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1086; 73 the farm had 200 a. in 1434, including 80 a. of pasture in Morley park. 74 The demesne farm of Wick manor in 1318 had c. 160 a. 75 Those three demesne … Morley Park farm had 166 a. in 1768. 77 The demesne lands of Wickensands manor totalled 284 a. in 1558-9, when they …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from about 200 ft. above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … Margetts, also landlord of the Bear, but the coaching trade declined so sharply that by 1844 the Marlborough Arms …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably established when the … from one of the former galleries; the carved notice board near the west door is also of the 17th century. Organs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the 12th-century park wall but the straight south boundary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts … towns, and many who were probably engaged in only local trade reached aldermanic rank: 81 the bakers John Norris (fl. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … in educational provision for the poor. 86 The opening of an infants' school in 1840 and, belatedly, of a National …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … within the borough. 15 In 1581 a bill to restrict such trade to inhabitants only, except on market days, was dashed … of the corporation to the establishment of a Local Board. A rearguard action was led by the influential R. B. B. …