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A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large … evidence of the existence of the church is a reference in 11856 to the profits of the rectory, although in the late … doubled itself in 20 years. 589 A chapel was opened at Easington in 1937, and in 1957 another to serve the Ruscote …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at least three, perhaps four, distinct field systems. In the south, mostly beyond the Saltway, were the fields of Wickham (962 a.) and in the north the fields of Hardwick (572 a.). The rest of the … fields. 4 Within the fields of Calthorpe the name of Easington was applied from the 13th century to the Bishop of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Education Education. Schoolmasters were mentioned in 1345, 1400, and 14302. 1 It has been possible, almost … at latest the end of the 15th century, for children living in the town to attend school, either as charity scholars, or … 1952 and 1957 the senior children were absorbed into the Easington Secondary Modern School and the old school was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… centre of an area which from its considerable homogeneity in geology, farming, and building styles, and through its dependence on Banbury in the past and the present, deserves the title of the … to the town by lowering the slope of the Oxford road at Easington. 155 Banbury was involved in the food riots which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Seignorial AdminisTration. The government of Banbury in the Middle Ages was closely linked with the administration … was the centre. By 1279 the estate's organization was in general outline that which continued for the next two … of two estates of which the demesne lands (properties at Easington and Hardwick) had been leased to farmers: 2 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Manors Manors and Other Estates. In the Anglo-Saxon period Banbury, along with Thame, … of a great estate belonging to the see of Dorchester. 1 In 1070 the see of Dorchester was transferred to Lincoln, 2 … the organization of the medieval episcopal estate. 8 Easington manor, for example, originated in a lease of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bishop of Lincoln's large north Oxfordshire estate, but in Domesday Book there is no mention of a borough there and … 2 and the original vill may well have had a market, for in 11389 the Bishop of Lincoln was able to grant away as much … in 1268, 47 and the latter was later also known as Easington Bar (1441, 1510), 48 St. John's Gate (1393, 1554) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BEESBY, formerly a distinct parish, now united to Hawerby, in the union of Caistor, wapentake of Bradley Haverstoe, … 17. 7., and there are nearly 44 acres of glebe. Beesby-in-the Marsh (St. Andrew) BEESBY-in-the-Marsh ( St. Andrew), … of Northumberland; comprising the townships of Delchant, Easington, Easington-Grange, Elwick, Middleton, and Ross; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bickley - Bidstone Bickley BICKLEY, a township, in the parish of Malpas, union of Nantwich, Higher division … of the trees were not visible, from their total immersion in water; the water has long been dried up, and the chasm, … union of Chester-le-Street, N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 6 miles (S. W. by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Boughton (All Saints) BOUGHTON ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division … the inclosure. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 10; patron, Sir W. J. H. B. Folkes, … in the reign of Antoninus Pius, was dug up. Boulby.See Easington-in-Cleveland. BOULBY.See Easington-in-Cleveland. …