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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … rubble, and houses were usually of three storeys with, as grey slates were introduced, roofs of shallower pitch. There …
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 … by George Castle. 13 In 1924 the hall was reroofed with grey slate. 14 In 1934 the engine house was converted into a …
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 … 5 in 1830 he had failed to obtain a place from Lord Grey by offering his support and that of his sons, 6 and the … the franchise to ratepayers, declined to help Lord Grey by moving to the Upper House. 8 The new constituency …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the … (1) to Stephen White Warne, 1825, white marble tablet on grey marble backing; (2) to Eliza Raven, widow of above, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal … Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble with freestone … Betty, his wife, 1846, who erected the monument, white and grey marble wall-monument with swags, cornice, acroteria and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix … Flitwick House, was built of red brick with decorations of grey brick between 1842 and 1886. On other sites south-east …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it … Commandery, are considerable. Here were also, a convent of Grey friars, without St. Martin's gate, instituted about the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… WORCESTER Bishops BISHOPS OF WORCESTER Wulfstan Prior of Worcester. Proposed c. 31 … ser. xxix) pp. 155-6; Ann. Worc. p. 402).] Walter de Grey Royal chanc. from 1205. Bp.-el. of Lichfield 1210, 1213. … place, in letter of 2 Jan. 1214 ( Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 107). Grey el. 20 Jan. ( Ann. Worc. p. 403). Royal assent 26 Jan. ( …