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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface hilly. The living is annexed to the rectory of Brown-Candover: the tithes have been commuted for 168. 10., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Jane Gibbs (d. 1686, 1692). 2 From 1723, when Gabriel Brown became innkeeper, the George prospered; in 1738 Edward … Harley, earl of Oxford, found it 'a very good house'. 3 Brown (d. 1739) was succeeded by his wife Anne and nephew … in a stages during the 18th century. In the 1750s Sarah Brown bought the freehold of the former Plough to the north, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but his debts exceeded the value of the estate. 55 Sophia Brown (d. 1859) by will of 1830 gave to the corporation a house in Brown's Lane to provide doles to the poor in memory of her father Alderman Thomas Brown (d. 1825); apparently the bequest was not executed. 56 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rector, and a silver almsplate was given by Sophia Brown in 1845. 41 The churchyard contains several … Oxon. a 39, f. 170; Boro. Mun., framed drawing of Lancelot Brown's plan to crenellate park wall: reproduced in D. Green, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… west. There was building, too, on the later Park Lane, Brown's Lane, Rectory Lane, and probably Chaucer's Lane, … in the centre of the town a large plot at the corner of Brown's Lane and Market Place, later the site of Fletcher's … were the shambles, a row of stalls ending on the west at Brown's Lane. 40 Other permanent market stalls lined High …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 18th century, and possibly from the mid 17th when Thomas Brown, butcher, was occupant. 92 No. 48 Oxford Street, where … Gt. Exhibition, pp. 57, 107. Refs. supplied by Mrs. E. T. Brown-Grant. E. T. Brown-Grant, 'A Clockmaking Family', Oxon. Family Historian, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 29 and a brief revival under the mastership of Thomas Brown (1876-80), who increased the roll to c. 35 probably by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Woodstock races were kindly supplied by Mrs. E. T. Brown-Grant. Wood's Life and Times, ii (O.H.S. xxi), 465; … Jnl. Synopsis, passim. Refs. kindly supplied by Mrs. E. T. Brown-Grant. Oxf. Jnl. 13 Aug. 1825, 8 Aug. 1835. e.g. ibid. … 28 July 1810, 13 July 1822. Below, Old Woodstock. E. T. Brown-Grant, 'John Fardon', Oxon. Family Historian, iii (4), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not only for Oxford Street but also Blackhall (later Brown's) Lane, Market Street, High Street, and Hensington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Baptists in 20th Cent.; inf. from the Revd. R. Brown. Oxf. Times, 19 Oct. 1912. Oxf. Chron. 4 May 1872; …