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A History of the County of Oxford
… to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included … to the poor in bread on Good Friday. 87 The rent charge was confirmed in 1650 after a lapse of c. 20 years. 88 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably established when the … the 17th century and early 18th. 50 In 1847, when a rent charge was awarded for all tithes not extinguished by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts of smith, ironmonger, and plumber, the textile crafts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … school, 90 took over the Oxford Street houses and a rent charge of £8 a year from Childrey (Berks.), which the Dolman …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose … was in difficulties, but the corporation declined to take charge of the town's supply, despite pressure from the vestry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 … of 1727 she spent c. £450 in the town 'besides the charge and hire of the freemen from London', entertainment at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from … curacy; net income, 220; patron, G. Wentworth, Esq. A rent-charge of 370 has been awarded as a commutation for the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … the aged poor. The house was to be maintained by a weekly charge of a halfpenny from each inmate and the sale of road …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county … land in 1769, and others under the recent act for a rent-charge of 259. 10. 6.; there are 56 acres of glebe. The …