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A History of the County of Oxford
… attached close on the east was in Hensington field and the borough boundary ran though no. 12 until modern times. 58 In … house near Hollow Way c. 1600, paying 5 s. rent to the borough. Like most other chantry property it had evidently … 68 to Jerome Kyte (d. 1631), jurist of St. John's College, borough magistrate, and brewer. 69 The house descended to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a Scheme of 1968 the almshouses were transferred to the borough council and reopened as Caroline Court in 1970, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the 12th century, was presumably established when the borough was founded by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church … and Bladon which was several times consulted in the borough muniments. 38 In the 17th century the borough …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (61 ½ a.) included meadows on the north not granted to the borough until the 15th century. 93 The original town was … foundation, quitrents were paid for c. 140 houses in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts … Park Street west of Rectory Lane on the line of the later borough boundary. 5 The incidence of quitrents in 1279 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Whittons, were dominant in the 16th-century borough and their landholdings outside the town were … trade and supervised apprenticeship arrangements in the borough; the mayor as clerk of the market had wide powers. 10 … in 1835. 11 The exclusive right of freemen to trade in the borough was reinforced by bylaws restricting the activities …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farmed. 9 By 1230, when it was referred to expressly as a borough, its rental yielded c. 36 s. 10 The site of New … 19th century and probably from the later Middle Ages the borough comprised 61 � a. 14 Its boundary with the park on … Brook Hill remained in Hensington, 17 suggesting that the borough boundary may once have followed the edge of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at … recorded in the 13th century. 77 The town was taxed as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New Woodstock until … dependent on Bladon thereafter. Woodstock was a borough until 1974 when, as a successor parish, it retained … is treated separately below. Before the creation of the borough the name Woodstock also applied to a small hamlet …
A History of the County of Oxford
… two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made … of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's representation. In the mid 16th century the seat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with …