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A History of the County of Northampton
… Ashton, which like its neighbour Hartwell was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Roade, occupied about 1,200 acres 40 … and on the south-west from Stoke Bruerne by a tributary. In the north-east the township was bounded by part of Salcey … Harl. Ch. 80 I 49; Baker, Northants., ii. 124. V.C.H. Warws. iv. 132 (corrected ibid., Index to vols. iv-vi, 138); …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Commons By the early 13th century until inclosure in 1814 Asthall parish contained four open fields, two south … of Asthall village and two to the north-east (Fig. 18). In 1814 they totalled c. 1,120 a., about half the parish; 490 … his father-in-law, Edward Cadbury of Bourneville (formerly Warws.), had acquired in 1903. The factory was soon purchased …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Cote Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the Anglo-Saxon period Aston and Cote formed part of … grandson Giles Palmer (d. 1734) of Compton Scorpion in Ilmington (Warws.), who took the surname of Horde. 25 From him it passed …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… 1650, 1672, St Mary Woolnoth, 1652-81, dwelling house in Mark Lane, AH Barking, by 1676 (2) GOLD, appr, 1635, to … St Mary Woolnoth, re-bur Tyringham, Bucks (4) Will copy in CRO dated 29 Dec 1679 (5) f Barnaby Backwell of Backwell, … to Cromwell and Charles II (7) He had £295,995 involved in Stop of Exchequer, 1672 This was paid back at the rate of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other public buildings, as well as the domestic buildings in the hamlets, are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded … mercer, conveyed to John Allington of Leamington Hastings (Warws.), clerk, a corner house with yard, stable, and garden, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large … evidence of the existence of the church is a reference in 11856 to the profits of the rectory, although in the late … relates to property in Banbury of the guild of Brailes (Warws.). The following account of the old church is based …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at least three, perhaps four, distinct field systems. In the south, mostly beyond the Saltway, were the fields of Wickham (962 a.) and in the north the fields of Hardwick (572 a.). The rest of the … he devised in 1478 lands in Grimsbury and Fenny Compton (Warws.) and a holding in Neithrop which was occupied by a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… centre of an area which from its considerable homogeneity in geology, farming, and building styles, and through its dependence on Banbury in the past and the present, deserves the title of the … to meet the parliamentary army encamped at Kineton (Warws.). At Edgehill, eight miles north-west of Banbury, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Seignorial AdminisTration. The government of Banbury in the Middle Ages was closely linked with the administration … was the centre. By 1279 the estate's organization was in general outline that which continued for the next two … every third Monday. Procedure was the same as at Coventry (Warws.) and the court heard cases of debt or damage arising …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Parliamentary Representation. What came in the 18th century to be regarded as the most important … Banbury's M.P. belonged to the local country gentry. In March 1554 the town was represented by Thomas Denton of … hailed the election of William Holbech of Farnborough (Warws.) as freedom from the 'servile yoke' of the Norths. 38 …
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