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A History of the County of Oxford
… probably lodged in one of Gregory's large houses in Park Street. 21 William Mavor combined his mastership with … school of industry, established before 1871 at no. 22 Park Street; in 1871 and 1881 there were about a dozen … a laundry on the site; the brick range behind no. 22 Park Street, remembered as a laundry and later used as a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … local demesne towns contributing to works in Woodstock Park 6 and was perhaps founded only shortly before Henry's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other by Alderman George Whitton, comptroller of Woodstock park and lord of Hensington manor. 20 Whitton's father, Owen, had been prominent in both park and borough in the 1550s, 21 and George served as mayor … the Norths, and Hawkins all lived in large houses in Park Street, and Walker, the duke's agent and town clerk of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New … Manor. 4 By the 12th century it was surrounded by a great park, Woodstock Park, renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th and 17th centuries stewards of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's representation. In the … his cousin Peniston in 1572, was comptroller of the park; Lawrence Tanfield, M.P. from 1584, was married to Lee's … or Lee. 98 Whitton's election perhaps owed less to his park office than to his own influence as alderman; while …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were maintained chiefly by student pastors from Regent's Park College, Oxford. The church comprised 21 members in 1938 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was opened in an outbuilding at Haddon House (no. 18 Park Street), owned by Mary, Lady Terry, and served by Jesuit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… picturesque, including the hanging woods in Wool-Laviugton Park, and most extensive views over the Weald; the cultivated … miles distant from each other. The present mansion in the park was built by the late John Sargent, Esq., the intimate …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… waste, including the erection of cottages, were made at Park Hill, Woolaston Wood, and Brockweir in the late 17th and … and kilns were recorded at Woolaston and Park Hill c. 1955. 56 In 1526 a parishioner excusing his …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… occurs the place-name Mereway Grove, to Wyvern Pond. A park belonging to the lordship of Woolaston but in the fee of … to Tintern Abbey by Walter de Clare in 1131 7 and the name Park Hill, first recorded in 1661, 8 was still applied in … also as Bowlash immediately north of Mereway Grove. The park was presumably included in the assart of 200 a. in …