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A History of the County of Oxford
… weekly lectures in rented cottages both at Crawley and at Curbridge; the remaining cost was shared by local landowners, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the early 13th century only 19 lay south of the river in Curbridge or Caswell. The overall increase in ploughlands, … was commuted for labour on the lord's demesne (chiefly in Curbridge) between 24 June and 29 September. In 1249 those … 13th century, 88 while in the early 14th Witney park (in Curbridge) was used for 'beasts of the chase' ( feris …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney estate is not known. 5 The southern boundary with Curbridge, extending just south of the river Windrush to … Windrush probably formed part of an early route through Curbridge to Bampton: 18 a predecessor of Crawley bridge …
A History of the County of Oxford
… separate borough court and view, 1 inhabitants of Crawley, Curbridge, and Hailey continued to attend the manor court and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… let it to Richard Doffe. Thomas Austin, owner of lands in Curbridge and Caswell, held it in the 1360s and 1370s, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tradition says 1000 British Christians were massacred. Curbridge CURBRIDGE, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Witney, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Curbridge Church, nonconformity CHURCH Origins, Status, and Services Evidence for an early chapel at Curbridge is lacking. 1 The possibility that an unexplained piece of glebe in Curbridge village marked the site of a lost chapel is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Curbridge Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture The Medieval Fields By the 17th century Curbridge's open fields surrounded the village in the … estate in the south-west. 1 In the Middle Ages, however, Curbridge's open fields evidently covered a much wider area, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Curbridge Education, charities for the poor EDUCATION In 1759 … paying for someone to teach reading to a few children in Curbridge and the other hamlets, but was doubtful that they would benefit. 1 By 1771 Curbridge seems to have been the only hamlet with a teacher …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Curbridge Estates ESTATES In 956 an estate of 17 hides at Curbridge was granted by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells, but by 969 Curbridge was part of the 30-hide Witney estate which …