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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Bledlow 9. BLEDLOW. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxvii. N.W. (b)xxxvii. S.W. (c)xli. N.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of Holy … window, to the E. jamb of the third window. In the S. wall is a 14th-century window of two lights with tracery, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… palace. 48 From the first, in accordance with the queen's wishes, the house was called Blenheim. The foundation stone … the north portico and with different arrangement of buildings around the great court; colonnades offset from the … was working on the chapel c. 1870, 51 but when Sir Thomas Jackson refitted the interior c. 1890 he complained of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… battle of Blenheim. Granted with the park were the king's houses (sometimes called the royal palace or manor house of Woodstock), demolished soon afterwards. 21 The duke's new house there was called first Blenheim House then … Ages the stone was used for the park walls and other buildings; the builders of Blenheim Palace found no freestone …
A History of the County of Oxford
… earl of Godolphin, kept horses and cattle there, and farm buildings were sited there later. 53 Sheep and cattle were … Tilleman Bobart. 64 Several early plans, one by Wise's assistant Charles Bridgeman in 1709, show the achievement … placed further south. 69 The idea that the avenue's design represents the disposition of opposing armies at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim Park to 1705 Park to 1705 A park around the king's houses may have been defined before 1086 when woodland … nearby royal manor of Wootton was said to be in the king's enclosure ( in defensione regis). 30 Chroniclers asserted … in the Exchequer. 34 In the 1240s they were allowed £6 13 s. 4 d. for keeping the park. 35 By the later 13th century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim The King's houses The King's houses Royal interest in the chase led to the establishment … a castle at Woodstock, perhaps fortifying the existing buildings. 48 Henry II kept his mistrees Rosamund Clifford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim Woodstock manor Woodstock Manor. The medieval king's houses and park at Woodstock formed part of a conglomerate … and Barrington (Glos.) at the 'old farm' of Richard I's time of £39 4 s., from which £ 15 was allowed for the custody of the king's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 8 miles (S. W.) from Wigton; containing 224 inhabitants. A … the hundred of Tanbridge, E. division of Surrey, 21 miles (S.) from London; comprising 5370 acres, whereof 220 are … IV., cap. 45. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 19. 19. 4., and in the gift of H. Chawner, Esq.: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Bletchley 111. BLETCHLEY. (O.S. 6 in. xv. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands … to the Rectory since date of visit. Monuments (314). These buildings are all, except one, of two storeys, and …
A Dictionary of London
… Bliss's Court - Blue Ball Court Bliss's Court West out of Crutched Friars or Poor Jewry Lane. In … Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). See Bell's Buildings. Blue Ball Court Out of Fell Street, Little Wood …