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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. The history of the park, an extraparochial place …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the period 1701-4. 40 The grant of Blenheim to the duke of Marlborough in 1705 immediately challenged Abingdon's interest, 41 but the Marlborough family's 'natural right to the chief influence … Sir Thomas Wheate of Glympton, a Bertie ally turned to the Marlborough interest. 43 In 1710 Cadogan and Wheate's tenure …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held a meeting in Thomas Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, registered in that year; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… glass. John Churchill, grandfather of the great Duke of Marlborough, resided in the parish. Wootton, Leek (All …
A History of the County of Oxford
… years. In 1705 it was granted to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, in whose family it remained. 17 The foot levies … the mid 19th century 'foreign views', held by the duke of Marlborough's steward and sometimes confused with the … Liberties, 11112. Below, Wootton, manors. Ibid. Duke of Marlborough Estate Act, 3 & 4 Anne, c. 6. e.g. Bk. of Fees, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The manor and park were granted in 1705 to the duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace was built, and later dukes …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East … end, where chalk outcrops and the southern scarp of the Marlborough Downs crosses the parish from east to west. A … Mildenhall to Old Salisbury, and in the Middle Ages a main Marlborough-Salisbury road, may have run north-south across …