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A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town … 19th century. In the 1870s the town's leading Liberals and Methodists were prominent in the local agricultural trade …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, implying that the franchise, as in mayoral …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. … a garage, and was largely rebuilt in 1987. 76 Primitive Methodists evangelized Woodstock in the 1840s but failed to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … Here are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. Woolfardisworthy (Holy Trinity) WOOLFARDISWORTHY …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending to the steep valley …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Gwillim (d. 1724), variously described between 1664 and 1714 as a labourer, gentleman, and esquire, who had an estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 … was licensed for worship, and another in the parish by the Methodists in 1818. 87 In 1825 the parish was visited …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … by unknown denominations in 1819 and 1850. 14 Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in the village in 1838 and there …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … Spencer Cobbold. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Plymouth Brethren. An image of the Virgin Mary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) … Monoux family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Wootton (St. Peter) WOOTTON ( St. Peter), a …