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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 … Woodstock chapel. Besides chapels and chantries in the royal manor house 69 there were chapels in Hensington and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps … marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as …
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 … plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, was said to have been vacant when the town was … below, Parl. Rep. E. H. Cordeaux and D. H. Merry, 'Port Meadow Races', Oxoniensia, xiii. 61-2. Bodl. MS. Top. …
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 … for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New Woodstock until the 19th … century, was founded in the 12th century in Bladon parish and remained ecclesiastically dependent on Bladon thereafter. … (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal hunting lodge established on the edge of Wychwood …
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 … freemen. In the 16th and 17th centuries stewards of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … a cup and cover-paten of 1571 and a paten of 1816. Royal Arms: In N. aisle, painted wooden panel, George III …
A Dictionary of London
… ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. 1377 (Cal. L. Bk. H. pp.63 and 65). Other names: " Wollewharf," 1326 (Ct. H.W. I. 319). … Custom House occupied this site. Now called " Custom House and Wool Quays " (q.v.). See New Wool Quay; Old Wool Quay; … 1677-Strype, 1720). See Evangelist Court. Worley's Court, Royal Mint Street See Morley's Court. Wormwood Street East …
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 … to the Cone brook and River Severn, and included the port at Cone Pill. 29 Plusterwine Farm was certainly part of …