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A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … probably an error, arising possibly from the parish church's location just outside the borough boundary within Curbridge … was among the wealthiest in the bishop of Winchester's gift, attracting influential non-residents whose prolonged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a priest from there tried to … including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and tailor's wife. 6 Two or three Catholic families remained in 1802, … in decline, but by 1808 there were none. 7 Despite Witney's generally tolerant and ecumenical tone, 8 strong Protestant …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. The …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… ownself best." I saw an old carbine, in the house-keeper's room, very curiously wrought in figures, doubtless one of … de Novoloco, p. 246. Esc. 7 H. 4. n. 44. Glover, Ex Coll. S. Lo Kniveton. Fin. 7 H. 4, m. 6: Fin: 7 H: 5, m: 1- … possessed of Wollaton, and the greater part of Sir Francis's possessions Sir Percival left five sons, the eldest of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then … manor by 1086, 34 and remained independent of St. Peter's and of Oxford for all but ecclesiastical purposes. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … on the east by a stream dividing Hadley wood from the king's wood (Wrockwardine wood), on the west by Springwell brook, … expansion by c. 1181 may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. St. Leonard's priory was dissolved in 1536 and its demesnes were leased … 1539 James Leveson bought the reversion and fee of Abbot's leasehold lands from the Crown. 89 Leveson bought more of … and its demesnes to William Charlton (d. 1567), the priory's chief steward at the time of the Dissolution. 90 Thereafter …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wooburn 99. WOOBURN. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the … have moulded bases and capitals. The two windows in the S. wall and the chancel arch are modern. The North Chapel (30 …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodall, William 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, … New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, … rector of Stanton Fitzwarren, Wilts, 1625; see Foster's Index Eccl.; for an account of his son John, see Calamy, i. …