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A History of the County of Sussex
… 31 it was bought in that year by East Sussex county council, which divided it into small farms and holdings. In 1984 the land belonged to West Sussex county council. 32 A house on Wick manor was described as ruinous in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 24 After local government reorganization in 1974 Woodstock council retained the site as 'historic property'. The shop … E. C. W. Thring and in 1949 compulsorily purchased by the council for use as the County Fire Brigade headquarters; in … building, was demolished between 1840 and 1876. 2 Council apartments were built there in the 1960s. 36. No. 23 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 1968 the almshouses were transferred to the borough council and reopened as Caroline Court in 1970, providing … in 1974 the property passed to West Oxfordshire district council. 44 In 1868 Samuel Lovegrove left c. £5 a year to … inf. from Blenheim Estate Office and West Oxon. district council; R. Mole, Cottage Improvement to Sheltered Housing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chantry. 48 That fee was unchanged in 1534-5 when the town council directly appointed a chaplain to celebrate daily for … houses without satisfactory attached pews. In 1678 the council built a gallery for the mayor and aldermen above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1950s. By the 1930s scarcity of building land obliged the council to acquire sites outside the borough. 40 Between the … World Wars building was mostly in Hensington, and included council houses on Bear Close in 1932, and houses at the east … in Old Woodstock in the 1960s. By 1967 there were 150 council houses and 50 apartments in the builtup area. 44 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 15 Unfree traders were occasionally fined, but in 1769 the council recorded a legal opinion that freemen's exclusive … inheritance. 30 In 1580 George Whitton complained that the council was monopolized by victuallers 'to the utter decay of … in 1611, and when he opened a brewhouse in 1612 the council stipulated, perhaps because he was a magistrate, that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Dutton's Dir. Oxon. (1863). Rep. of Educ. Cttee. of Council, 1874-5 [C. 1265-1], p. 393, H.C. (1875), xxiv; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… been dissension in the borough, for a letter under the privy seal, probably of the 1490s, banned liveries and … of little lasting value. 18 In the later 16th century the council defined the constitution more closely in a series of … Banbury, draper, and Edwin Hiorns, clerk, petitioned the Privy Council to change the charter so that Woodstock should …
A History of the County of Oxford
… D.V. VIII/275; X/23: survey and map c. 1910. Boro. Mun., council mins. 1974-5 P.N. Oxon. (E.P.N.S.), ii. 292-3. Below, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… franchise, as in mayoral elections, extended beyond the council to the freeman body. 89 An election restricted to … in 1640 had decided that the franchise lay with the council, and 'ancient men' claimed that freemen never voted … short-lived charter of 1688 limited the franchise to the council. 93 A council ordinance of 1660 that nonresident …