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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Beds of gravel and sand of superior quality also abound. Otmoor, near Islip, six miles north of Oxford, contains about …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acres. 3 They had all been enlarged after the inclosure of Otmoor in 1829 when 1,037 acres of the moor were added to the … perambulation as going 'along the lane leading from Otmoor to Marlake hamlet, from Marlake to the King's forest … today. On the north-west and north the parish adjoined Otmoor'the fen of Otta' 9a low-lying stretch of rough grazing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Charlton-on-Otmoor CHARLTON-ON-OTMOOR The ancient parish consisted of 1,961 acres and was … parish was enlarged to 3,333 acres, when 2,194 acres of Otmoor were transferred from Beckley. Thus the ecclesiastical …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 16th-century chancel screens of Thame and Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon. Dugdale, Mon. v, 89. Cur. Reg. R. 143, m. 25 d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the manor to Walter Walkstead, rector of Charltonon-Otmoor. In 1439 Walter transferred it to John Ashfield and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… early in the 19th century by the commissioners for the Otmoor Drainage Act. 5 A monopoly of fishing rights in Islip … it as a result of the deepening of the river bed. The Otmoor Drainage Commissioners, therefore, although refusing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 4 In medieval times Bernwood Forest on the north and Otmoor on the south tended to isolate the parish. Akeman … have been moated; it had a raised terrace with a view over Otmoor. 27 When Sir Edward Page-Turner bought the estate in … it was stated, was met by the Rector of Charlton-on-Otmoor. From 1741 to 1751 no marriage was celebrated in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of having been carved out of Islip, lies between Otmoor and the hills of Wood Eaton and Stowood. 1 It lies … Ray and a tributary brook, which sweeps round the edge of Otmoor. Here the land is below the 200-foot contour and is … downhill to Noke village and then on to the edge of Otmoor. The Otmoor inclosure award of 1815 provided for roads …
A History of the County of Oxford
… miles north-east of Oxford and on the western edge of Otmoor. 1 It has retained its area of 1,363 acres unchanged. … capacity to cure cattle of a disease known as 'the Otmoor evil'. 5 The land is uniformly flat, never rising much … lies on the parish's eastern boundary, on the edge of Otmoor and about half a mile north of the River Ray: 13 an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 61 They in turn enfeoffed Richard Poure of Charlton-on-Otmoor before 1279. 62 Another mesne lordship was thus …