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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodsford 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular … of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes … Remains, West Woodsford To the S.W. of the closes a bank about 30 ft. across stands up to 4 ft. high above a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … so until acquired c. 1802 by Joseph Brooks, who opened a bank there in 1805. On his death in 1807 the lease was bought … 56 and by 1698 comprised two houses, one occupied by the Hoare family, licensed victuallers. 57 On the death of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … to the withdrawal of charity funds from Woodstock Savings Bank and investment in consols, and at the same time the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … Place, the Bull on the site of the National Westminster bank (no. 16) and probably several plots to the east, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … a founding partner in 1790 of Oxford's University and City bank; in 1805 he opened a bank in Woodstock at no. 12 Oxford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … or marsh called le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank of the river Glyme; the fee farm rent of 2 13 s. 4 d. … for the town's new water supply commissioned John Hoare, a Woodstock carpenter, to demolish the cross and build …
A History of the County of Oxford
… forest in the Anglo-Saxon period. The site, on the north bank of the Glyme opposite Blenheim Palace, was occupied … early 18th century by a royal residence, called the king's houses or Woodstock Manor. 4 By the 12th century it was … below. Principal maps used for this article were O.S. Maps 1/2,500, Oxon. XXVI. 8 (1876 and later edns.); ibid. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … of Bindon, Wareham division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Wareham; containing 505 inhabitants. It comprises … goats were kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on … E. of the Abbey is a rectangle of 2 acres bounded by a bank and a broad ditch crossed by a causeway on the W. In the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and … only the moiety that could be fished from the east bank of the river belonged to Woolaston. In 1086 four …