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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … remarkable as being generally manufactured of old nails of horse-shoes, formed into bars. Queen Elizabeth, among other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of Willow … rubble internally, early 19th-century. (17) Former Horse and Jockey Inn, coursed rubble walls with much …
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 … added 17th-century two-storeyed gabled square bay with an Ipswich window on the first floor; that on the east, … Alderman John Tasker (d. 1741) the house was the White Horse. 9 It was still so called in the 1780s but was the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed … Probably much of Oxford Street was occupied by beast and horse markets mentioned later: a swine market mentioned in … at no. 9 Market Street the two-storeyed bay retains Ipswich pattern framing in the upper window. Part of a …
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
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … of Rectory Lane, once Townsend pool and the site of the horse fair, was deemed to be in Hensington, and the borough … but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the garrison was reinforced late in 1643, but most of …
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 … 39 In 1768 it was agreed to move the stocks and pillory to Horse Fair, 40 at that date the eastern section of High …
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 … acquired the stewardship in 1668, established an annual horse race in the park, 17 offered gifts to the corporation, … agreeing to stand down. Lovelace temporarily withdrew his horse races to Oxford and by 1681 his influence, despite …
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 Wells; containing, with the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … manors c. 1540, and was therefore presumably near Horse Pill. 3 The Duke of Beaufort had 400 salmon putchers at Horse Pill in 1866 4 and owned the fishing rights in the …