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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… purchased by a Catholic, 56 was bought by Charles Hooper of Eastington (d. 1869), 57 who gave it to Simeon's trustees, 58 the patrons in 1972. 59 The living was worth … was John Williams, D.D., 83 formerly assistant curate at Stroud. 84 The ancient parish church of ST. MARY 85 stood at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 … No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small … a firm of piano-makers, called Gladman & Co. and later the Stroud Piano Co., occupied the mill, but in 1938 the main …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman villa, 1 … the west side of the Nailsworth valley two miles south of Stroud town. In 1972 the parish, a triangular unit comprising … by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of the manor had right of gallows, pillory, and tumbril in … which was held in the manor court by Cirencester Abbey's bailiffs. 40 View of frankpledge was claimed by the lord of … to £335 in 1834. 49 In 1836 Woodchester became part of Stroud poor-law union, 50 and in 1972 was part of Stroud …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the … manor passed to his son, also John, 52 who held a knight's fee at Woodchester in 1285. 53 John died in 1297 and was … sold by the lord of the manor in 1602 to Robert Tayloe of Stroud, clothier, and his son Robert. 86 It was apparently …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The revival of Roman Catholicism in the parish dates from the purchase of … hill in 1849. The church, comprising chancel with founder's chapel and north vestry block, north tower with spire, and … as the parish church for a wide area to the south of Stroud in 1972. In 1860 a house of Third Order Regular …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and Christopher Dacre, kt. James Strangways, kt. Manors of Humandby, Mountgrace, and Morton near Estharlesey, and 25 … of Warlaghby, and 3 messuages with lands there, of 9 12 s rent in Bylton, and of the advowson of S t Martin's church … Holte, Asshemore, Bryggyng, Newyng, Metelesynge, Helbanke, Moreland, Colleflatt, Bleynge, Sledm[..]holme, Hyndganfrayne, …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and Northorpe. John Ham[er]ton, esq., Francis Redman Manor of Halleyfeld als.Helleyfeld Peele and a watermill there. … in Leede and Newestede, to be held from the feast of S t Michael to the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed … Burton Constable and the moiety of lands in Scotton. Ralph Moreland Edward Waldegrave, esq., and Johanna his wife Lands …