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A History of the County of Oxford
… by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or … probably the site across Godstow bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was granted to Henry VIII's physician, George Owen. 31 It was sold, with the rest of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was soon withdrawn. 56 Controversy raged over the board's intended school site at Ketley Bank, some ratepayers … 68 who served for thirty years, as did the committee's first secretary, R. L. Corbett. 69 The enrolment of 222 … jointly financed by the county council and the Walker Trust. Walker Technical College, Hartsbridge Road, opened in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … operation. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Lord Ducie: the tithes have …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … was in 1990 the headquarters of the Newmarket Racecourses Trust, the arm of the Jockey Club responsible for the …
A History of the County of Essex
… committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford … was 334. Henry Burmester, by will proved 1823, left 100 in trust to provide bread for the poor. John Popplewell, by deed …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … upkeep passed in 1785 to the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust, which was reimbursed by quarter sessions, 94 and …
A History of the County of Essex
… court. He claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 … clerk, who had previously served unpaid, was granted 10 10 s. a year. Two overseers were appointed each year. Each … as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust became responsible for the upper road and in 1736 for …
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 … by 1825. 26 In 1828 the corporation accounted fully for trust funds in its possession, but by 1839 the chamberlains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … 54 The corporation agreed to hold the freehold in trust for the rector, who was to reside rent-free but pay for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … were recognized: the earliest Oxfordshire turnpike trust, taking over the London-Oxford road at Stoken-church in …