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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the living in 1320, 70 and David of Lacock and Nicholas of Marlborough who were both granted leave of absence from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it was, however, finally taken down by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and the only indications of its site are two … Queen Anne, when it was granted to the celebrated Duke of Marlborough, for whom a splendid mansion called Blenheim ( … building, erected about the year 1766, by the Duke of Marlborough, after a design by Sir William Chambers. Though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east in 1863; land and stone were supplied by the duke of Marlborough and the building cost only £495. The chapel … refronted in the 1950s. 4. Nos. 26-34 Oxford Street (The Marlborough Arms hotel and houses on the north) 96 At its height as a coaching inn in the later 18th century the Marlborough Arms included the two houses on the north (Fox …
A History of the County of Oxford
… alms and gowns for the occupants, but after the duchess of Marlborough's almshouses were opened in the 1790s the … perhaps when almspeople were transferred to the duchess of Marlborough's almshouses. 5 In 1828 the unpaid benefit was … school estate. 20 By will proved 1817 George, duke of Marlborough, left £500 for the poor of Oxford and Woodstock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… meadows and three small closes belonging to the duke of Marlborough. 51 In 1686 Bishop Fell provided a rectory house … unsatisfactory rector. 59 In 1876 the patron, the duke of Marlborough, wanted to unite the rectory house with the … another living at Hurley (Berks.), and from the duke of Marlborough was probably substantial. 23 His successor Joseph …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or pairs of plots were close to that width, notably the Marlborough Arms (52 ft. in the 18th century) 16 and some of … the George, the Bull, and the Crown. The George, later the Marlborough Arms, on Oxford Street was an inn by 1468. The … motives inspired the offer to pave the town at the duke of Marlborough's expense. 11 Vanbrugh's plan to rebuild the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the principal later medieval inns, the George (later the Marlborough Arms), belonged in 1279 to one of the leading … freedom of the borough; 79 a Garter star for the duke of Marlborough cost 50 gn., and a 2 oz. chain sold in France for … mayor in 1794, was an attorney, agent to the duke of Marlborough, and a founding partner in 1790 of Oxford's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a boarding school in Old Woodstock. 22 In 1816 the duke of Marlborough offered to buy for the corporation a large house … it acquired controlled status in 1951 and was renamed Marlborough Secondary Modern school in 1953. In 1961, after … 823. 72 In 1873 Benjamin Disraeli visited the duchess of Marlborough's school of industry, established before 1871 at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… railway link to Woodstock failed 58 until the 8th duke of Marlborough in 1885 planned a branch line owned by the … holdings, including the principal coaching inns, the Marlborough Arms and the Bear, and the town's waterworks … from the park, 32 but by the 19th century the dukes of Marlborough provided both maypole and bower. 33 The town's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Abingdon, from whom it was bought in 1710 by the duke of Marlborough. 12 The rent (4 6 s. 8 d. after the deduction of … F. P. Walesby as recorder on the nomination of the duke of Marlborough as high steward was invalidated by lack of a … hostility between supporters and opponents of the Marlborough interest continued to influence corporate …