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A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … For the rectory and rectors, above, Bladon, Church. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 840. Lincs. R.O., Episc. Reg. v, f. …
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 … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … Pipe R. 1230 (P.R.S. iv), 258; P.R.O., SC 6/962/4-7; Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 842; P.R.O., SC 6/962/17-20. The …
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 … Provincial (later National Westminster) bank opened a branch at no. 16 Market Place. 79 At the Great Exhibition of … in Old Woodstock. 74 Below, Mkts. and Fairs. e.g. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 839; Magd. Coll. Mun., Woodstock deeds …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not neglected' and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of …
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 … Banbury seems to have been by Hensington Road and and its branch north-east to Sturdy's Castle, which were in the care … was parish clerk and organist for nearly 50 years. 89 Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 839-42. Pipe R. 1177 (P.R.S. xxvi), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … was expressly called a borough: P.R.O., E 179/161/9. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 839; P.R.O., SC 6/962/4 sqq. Pipe R. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … by invalids, for whose use many goats were kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… from the time of the foundation of Tintern Abbey. 17 No dole was made after 1546 when John Conway, steward of Henry, … of Worcester, obtained a lease of two-thirds of the Grange and defended apparently with success an action by the … as an alms-house in 1501. 19 It was pulled down c. 1818 and replaced by a range of five dwellings for five poor …
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 … 68 was the name given to the road at Netherend. One branch to Woolaston Woodside was called Cormins Lane in 1694, … H. Nicholas. Badminton Mun. F Drawer, 2 map, 1769. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 176, 181; Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added … are court rolls of Woolaston manor for 1405- 6, 1476-88, and 1568-9, 67 court books for 1660- 1709 and 1712-60, 68 and … 14476-8, 12186, 2494. Ibid. 2494, 2580, 2590, 2596. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 176. Badminton Mun. A., rental, 1771-2. …