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A History of the County of Oxford
… Middle Ages, probably in the later 14th century, when Godstow abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in … and Hawsland ditch in the north end of St. Giles's, Godstow gave to St. Frideswide's its land in St. Clement's … may have been part of Twisdelowe. 89 By the 1380s most of Godstow's land in St. Giles's was consolidated in the north …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were … field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial area of Godstow (411 a.), south and west of Wolvercote, was divided … 16th century or earlier, of the demesne land and site of Godstow abbey as an extra-parochial area, altered the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Local government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… St. Valery granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow abbey. 63 The abbey held the manor until the … St. John granted Edith, the first abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her abbey, and soon afterwards … Wolvercote to the Walters. In 1702 Sir John Walter sold Godstow, then described as a manor, to Montagu Bertie, earl …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Nonconformity Nonconformity. Richard Owen of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and his … and Kidlington Baptist churches. The Baptist chapel in Godstow Road is a plain rectangular building in Gothic style, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Charles I. in the parliamentary war. In the hamlet of Godstow was a Benedictine abbey.See Oxford. Woolverstone (St. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… similar rights without entry by the sheriff. The abbess of Godstow at Godstow and Wolvercote was exempt from the royal bailiff …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the west of the area throughout the Middle Ages. Godstow abbey was established in the south of the hundred in … century. Of Eynsham abbey only fragments survive but of Godstow abbey more was preserved. The plan of early medieval …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the church in 1827 in a stone coffin from the site of Godstow abbey. 25 The lid bears a monumental brass by Thomas …