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A History of the County of Oxford
… as its position as the religious centre of a flourishing town, was reflected in the scale and quality of its medieval … of the Weston family (William, William, and John), 'new learned men in the scripture'; they had called him … and it probably stood on the north side either of Butcher Row or of High Street near its east end. In 1441 tenements …
A History of the County of Oxford
… field systems: that of Neithrop (1,398 a.) north of the town and the Broughton road, and that of Calthorpe (584 a.) … Bodicote quarter in 1688 were subdivided and three of the new closes in 1746 bore the names of people with the same … listed in a rental of 1441; there were 19 in the northern row and 7 (formerly 17) in the southern, and they probably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the end of the 15th century, for children living in the town to attend school, either as charity scholars, or … and subscriptions given for the establishment of a new school, to be known as the Blue Coat school. The master … educated there as the trustees could afford to clothe. The new school and yard was built on part of the land at Neithrop …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. 29. Castle, p. 39. Manors and … off than another of the Bishop of Lincoln's foundations, New Sleaford (Lincs.), and as high as Pontefract (Yorks. W. … a soldier for a breach of the peace and so sparked off a row which was carried as far as the House of Lords, where …
A History of the County of Oxford
… described in 1529 as seneschal of the hundred, castle, and town of Banbury, 4 was not an accounting official and by the … up to date and in 1652 was planning the purchase of a new mace and the repair of the old one. 59 Despite the town's … of a pest-house, 266 and a cottage in Constitution Row called the Pest House 267 was probably the outcome. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury derived from the bishop's rights and rents in the town in the Middle Ages. 9 Of the various administrative or … exchange with the Crown in 1551. 18 When the new borough was incorporated in 1554, 19 property including … 30 She was dead by 1520 when the lease expired, and a new lease for 40 years was made to William Pierson, mercer, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Origins and growth of the town Origins and Growth of the Town. By 1086 Banbury was one … (112348). 7 There is no direct evidence that he founded a new borough at the same time, but later evidence points to … lying between the later High Street and Butcher's Row, and the other properties granted by Hugh of Avalon were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… belonged to the local country gentry. In March 1554 the town was represented by Thomas Denton of Hillesden (Bucks.), … endowed the Blue Coat school, and gave a bell to the new church in 1820. 29 A good deal of entertaining also went … to canvassing and to the registration of electors on the new roll, 61 which after the Reform Act covered a …
A Dictionary of London
… 1722-Elmes, 1832). The site was formerly occupied by the town house of the Bishops of Bangor, and was sold in 1647 to … the site, as shown in Rocque's map, 1746, and in 1799 the new buildings that had been erected were in the occupation of … house with the sign of the Baptist's head here. Bar of the New Temple See Temple Bar. Bar of the Old Temple See Holborn …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… - Berwick (North) Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the … an entrance which, in 1816, was protected by a new pier and breakwater, forming a basin, or outer harbour, … expected from it, as ships have since been wrecked in the new basin, has still materially diminished the swell in the …