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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … early 19th-century, but earlier than those to N. (19). The party wall between the cottages is dog-legged. (21) Willow …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation … in 1889 and let in the late 19th century as the Conservative club. 29 No. 1 Park Street was said in 1840 to … box 2, deed of 1759, showing that the King's Arms had a party wall with the King's Head, for which see below, Bldgs. …
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 … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town … the meeting briefly to Oxford when snubbed by Woodstock voters in 1680; 41 in the 1690s plates for races were …
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 … with Hensington manor, he instigated riots; when his party failed in the mayoral election of 1581 he resigned his … over 30 years, and that the preference for churchgoers of 'Conservative tendency' excluded such men as the Methodist G. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents … in the park as ranger and became a supporter of the court party. Spencer became high steward of Woodstock in 1661, was … on party lines, with candidates standing openly for the Conservative 'Blues' or the Radical 'Pinks'. 92 In 1820 the …
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 … to Christ. In the side of the Mendip hills, about a mile and a half from the village, is the curious cavern termed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from Woolaston, Aluredston, and Alvington except tithes of the demesne of Alvington, and … in 1548 for failing to declare the Ave Maria he was conservative in outlook and in 1551 was required to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, … of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted of eight oxen and two other draught animals, and wheat, barley, peas, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon have become part of the parish, was probably woodland and was defined as a southern tail of Savernake forest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … reign of Edward IV., Queen Margaret, on the defeat of her party at the battle of Tewkesbury, and the subsequent murder … to the great disadvantage of the Prince, who, with a party of his troops, retreated to Hereford in disorder. The …