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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was … fund to purchase the Leys, still occupied by the military, as a recreation ground. 451 33. German aeroplane on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King … ibid. 2046. For an earlier chronology, suggesting a military context for some of those changes during the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of … was used for a short time in the Second World War as a military camp. 29 O.S. Map 6", Oxon. XXXIII (1881 and later …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It was less useful in its crude form, as one … the trumpet sound. Given the importance of the trumpet in military ceremonial, it is not surprising that a version was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … the expense of the nation, as a recompense for his great military and diplomatic services. The town is very pleasantly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … 'Elizabethan and bad'. 87 In 1648, when the church housed military prisoners in transit, many pews were used for …
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 … archery, cockfighting, and bowls; archery, because of its military significance, was supported by the corporation. 23 …
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 … dependent on the Crown would be against her, and that the military men who feared Walpole's displeasure would at best …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, … in the Forest of Dean were conveyed to Bristol c. 1282. 23 Naval frigates are said to have been built at Cone Pill up to …
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. … were fixed here, the institution of the Royal Military Academy, and various other foundations, has raised the town to a degree of importance, as a grand naval and military dept, without a parallel in any empire of …