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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … union of Basingstoke, hundred of Mainsborough, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 8 miles (S. …
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 acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years from 1733. 50 Until 1764 their arrangement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … Woodstock Manor. P.R.O., PROB 11/8 (P.C.C. 17 Milles), printed in part in Some Oxon. Wills (O.R.S. xxxix), 37-8. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as … ff. 122v.123v. P.R.O., PROB 11/8 (P.C.C. 17 Milles), pt. printed in Some Oxon. Wills (O.R.S. xxxix), 378. Boro. Mun. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not neglected' and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of …
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 … 'Marketing', 525. Boro. Mun. 89, pp. 133-4; Ibid. printed constitution; Blenheim Mun., shelf G 1, box 2, accts. …
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 … 68 In 1732 it was agreed that new freemen should pay for a printed copy of the oath, which by then had been revised and … 1734. Cf. ibid. 33/ 76/1, ff. 5v.6. Ibid. 88, prelim. papers. e.g. ibid. 77/2, Oct. 1627. Ibid. 83/1, p. 91; cf. …
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 and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … of the 7th duke (1857-83). 24 The G.A. Oxon. c 317/19: printed statistics on boro. voters resented being treated as …
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, … 1774 Cone Mill was a paper-mill, where writing and other papers were manufactured. It was owned by Richard Barrow (d. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the area that until 1882 formed the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached …