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A History of the County of Oxford
… no. 30, which remained part of the inn until 1840 or later, 9 was let separately until sold c. 1886 with nos. … of the inn, 14 and may have been concerned in the design or building of the main ranges. The rebuilding of no. 32 in … 1675 the site was the Globe, 15 and was probably the inn or alehouse occupied by Thomas Godfrey in the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bought the chantry house and undertook to use it for three or four almsmen, but the site was later found inconvenient … to maintain the buildings, 83 which comprised six or seven appartments, usually, by the 1870s, occupied by … insufficient to clothe the full number: 12 in 1825 coats or gowns were given to 12 men and women and 2 children. As …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents applied to the original … in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts thereof, 30 as messuages, and 33 as cottages; there … subdivisions of tenements, 16 stalls, 2 selds, 2 forges or smithies, 3 ovens or kilns ( furnum), 4 pigsties, and many …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then have … to the king. The charter also granted a valuable marsh or meadow called le Pool, the later corporation meadows, for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was in need of repair in 1739. 20 The rectory was rebuilt or remodelled in 1814. 21 It consists of a three-story … square two-light windows, and traces of either a niche or third window. 50 The inner doorway, also renewed or much restored, has similar shafts and a depressed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne … Roads Grove, part of Oakhill Wood, presumably for assarts or pasture rights. 18 The abbey and its tenants had been … Much of the north part of the parish was woodland or waste, and the former Tintern Abbey granges were enclosed. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… houses on the Gloucester-Chepstow road are of late-19th- or 20th-century date. At Gumstalls, where in 1969 there stood … houses at Plusterwine and Brookend date from the late 18th or early 19th century, although Possession House was recorded … 19th-century cottages, many of which have been rendered or rough-cast, and altered internally, in the mid 20th …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1771-2 when there was no income either from that source or from the courts. 76 The latest reference found to the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… paid to the lordship of Striguil, presumably for assarts or rights of common in Tidenham Chase. 40 It was included in … two stories with a stone slate roof, and is of late-18th- or early-19th-century date. Until 1935 the parish boundary … were Keynsham, Edge farm and Whitewalls, Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite …
A History of the County of Somerset
… River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured 1,735 a. which … century into four fields: East, South, West, and Crany or Crandon. They were very small, possibly including the area … been created from house sites taken from the arable fields or orchards. 5 The houses south-east of the church, two of …