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A History of the County of Oxford
… its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling the parish boundary. An … in a large block of land extending from the Cherwell to Port Meadow. 90 Most of the land between the Woodstock road … and west. In 1086 there were 120 a. of meadow, excluding Port Meadow which was described under Oxford. 96 Among the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The boundaries of the earlier 19th-century parish (746 a. before boundary changes in 1857 and 1868) followed streams … area of Cutteslowe (281 a.). 32 To the south is Port Meadow, the common pasture of the Oxford freemen, where … site of Godstow abbey, and Wycroft on the eastern edge of Port Meadow all lie on patches of flood-plain gravel; the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sold Wolvercote to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 67 A later duke of Marlborough sold most of his land in the … and the citizens of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the Dissolution the estate was bought by George Owen and, apart from land near Port Meadow sold by Richard Owen in 1611 and 1613, passed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or abbey) … on trusts to preserve the ruins for the nation. 33 A church, and presumably the chief monastic buildings, had … the ruins were used as a pound at the annual drives of Port Meadow, and the precinct wall was probably partially …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, … WOOD, or Woodchurch, a ville, and member of the cinque-port liberty of Dovor, in the union of the Isle of Thanet, … of vessels of above fifty tons now registered at the port is twenty-seven, and their aggregate burthen 4030 tons. …
The Environs of London
… of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by … of land, of which the greater part is meadow and pasture. A considerable part of the forest of Waltham (commonly called … Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. Land-tax. This parish pays the sum of 374l. …
A History of the County of Essex
… must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; 2 a gate called Grovehacche, near Hall Grove, close to the … enfranchised. 6 From the 15th century it was regarded as a demesne tenement of the manor, 7 and in grants after the … Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 26. S.C. 2/174/42B; see also S.C. 12/Port. 7/54. Ramsey, Monkhams, 67; map of foresters' walks in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in … her death c. 1176; its foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the … 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 Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … area that until 1882 formed the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area … to the Cone brook and River Severn, and included the port at Cone Pill. 29 Plusterwine Farm was certainly part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the … Michael) WORKINGTON ( St. Michael), a market-town, sea-port, and parish, in the union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward …