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A History of the County of Oxford
… the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the 12th-century park wall but the straight south boundary implies the … acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. 91 The park gate at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 … inclusion of Leonard Chamberlain, steward of the manor and park, who in 1547 paid as much as 8 for his lands. 77 By 1581 … valued at much less. A few were associated with the royal park. Thomas Croft (d. 1488), a royal servant who shared with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… probably lodged in one of Gregory's large houses in Park Street. 21 William Mavor combined his mastership with … school of industry, established before 1871 at no. 22 Park Street; in 1871 and 1881 there were about a dozen … a laundry on the site; the brick range behind no. 22 Park Street, remembered as a laundry and later used as a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … local demesne towns contributing to works in Woodstock Park 6 and was perhaps founded only shortly before Henry's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other by Alderman George Whitton, comptroller of Woodstock park and lord of Hensington manor. 20 Whitton's father, Owen, had been prominent in both park and borough in the 1550s, 21 and George served as mayor … the Norths, and Hawkins all lived in large houses in Park Street, and Walker, the duke's agent and town clerk of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market town, called formally New … Manor. 4 By the 12th century it was surrounded by a great park, Woodstock Park, renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th and 17th centuries stewards of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's representation. In the … his cousin Peniston in 1572, was comptroller of the park; Lawrence Tanfield, M.P. from 1584, was married to Lee's … or Lee. 98 Whitton's election perhaps owed less to his park office than to his own influence as alderman; while …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were maintained chiefly by student pastors from Regent's Park College, Oxford. The church comprised 21 members in 1938 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was opened in an outbuilding at Haddon House (no. 18 Park Street), owned by Mary, Lady Terry, and served by Jesuit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… picturesque, including the hanging woods in Wool-Laviugton Park, and most extensive views over the Weald; the cultivated … miles distant from each other. The present mansion in the park was built by the late John Sargent, Esq., the intimate …