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A History of the County of Oxford
… of 1552 6 ran from 'Stakamforde' (a staked ford on the Cherwell presumably near Hays Bridge) along 'Edgcott hedge' … demesne (in Coton), then to 'Thakamhille' and along the Cherwell back to 'Stakamforde'. 7 The via regia was evidently … The most northerly portion of the chapelry lies beyond the Cherwell and was known in the 15th century as 'Overes', or, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gently down to the flat water-meadows along the River Cherwell and its arm, called wifeles lacu (beetle's … lay at the extreme west tip, completely surrounded by the Cherwell and a backwater. It was inclosed all the year, was … either in wages, gains, or goods. 128 The fishery in the Cherwell was an important part of the medieval manor. In 1222 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wychwood may once have stretched eastwards to the river Cherwell. The earliest evidence of Anglo-Saxon penetration … 280 Wootton manor also included the meadow on the river Cherwell in Steeple Aston, later called Wootton Yards. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… description does less than justice to the scenery: the Cherwell valley with its rich meadowland has a quiet beauty … of 1824, the first accurate delineation, shows the River Cherwell bounding the whole of the hundred's western extent. … 3 On the north the River Ouse and a tributary of the Cherwell separate it from Northamptonshire except for a short …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but this can scarcely have been Somerton on the Cherwell, for the Cherwell Valley was already within his own territories. Henry … Oxford was naturally protected by the Thames and the Cherwell, with their tributaries and the surrounding marshes, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… armies continued to march one on either side of the river Cherwell towards Banbury, "his Majesty facing us beyond the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. to the R. Nene, S.E. to the R. Tove, and W. to the R. Cherwell. The highest part is in the N., and the village of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… architecture, surveying, or the fighting services. 87 At Cherwell House Academy, Hammersmith, 88 and at Dr. Dowling's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… St. Ebbe's, into the Trill Mill stream, and into the river Cherwell at Magdalen Bridge. 87 The paving commissioners in … Except for the Park Town sewer, which ran into the river Cherwell, all sewage from Oxford west of the Cherwell was discharged straight into the Thames; the sewers …