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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 bailiff was …
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 … Commons, 1660-90, ii. 605. Boro. Mun. 76/1-2, passim. Letters of H. Prideaux (Camd. Soc. 2nd ser. xv), 97-8. Wood's … 1660-90, i. 357-60. Boro. Mun. 76/1, Feb. 1679/80, sqq. Letters of Prideaux, 97-8, 105. Boro. Mun. 76/2, passim. He …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a registered meeting, probably Baptist, at the house of Samuel Wise, an Old Woodstock farmer, but in 1738 the … soldiers, broke up the meeting and stoned Hinton out of town as a Jacobin. Hinton tried again in 1819 and was … with 12 members, and a chapel built on the site of a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists opened a Sunday …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter … 1131. 91 Following a dispute with Llanthony Priory, lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 … free accommodation in a gallery. 57 In 1829, under the direction of John Briggs, the western extension of the south …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … its original course partly obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary …
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 Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. XVII N.W.) Woolley is a parish about 6 m. W.N.W. of Huntingdon. The Church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical Woolley, Parish Church of St Mary (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands near the … W. wall, slab with marginal inscription in separate letters to Christiane (?) de C[hartres ?] early 14th-century. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … with this range is the Engineers' department, under the direction of which are the erection and repair of all …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … ropewalk at Woolwich, about 400 yards in length, under the direction of a clerk, for making cables of all dimensions for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The principal monuments …