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A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census returns of 1841-81. 51 The descent of many sites may therefore be …
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 … from one of the former galleries; the carved notice board near the west door is also of the 17th century. Organs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the 12th-century park wall but the straight south boundary …
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 … An infant school, however, was started c. 1840 under the patronage of the duke and duchess, and in 1853 there were c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … a moderately successful planted town, stimulated by royal patronage and the proximity of Woodstock park, which was …
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 … attributed the town's decline to the cessation of royal patronage the Act allowed free trading in wool and yarn … of the corporation to the establishment of a Local Board. A rearguard action was led by the influential R. B. B. …
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 … was evidently treated as part of a network of county patronage. In 1571 Peniston shared the representation with …
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 … inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter … of George Ormerod the antiquary, submitted evidence to the diocesan authorities, who agreed that at the next vacancy the … after his death in 1936 the right passed to the Diocesan Board of Patronage c. 1940. 6 In 1261 the Archdeacon of …