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A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … and repairs. 39 The first building, on Almshouse Lane in 1841, was still known in the 1860s as the old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … it turns west. There was building, too, on the later Park Lane, Brown's Lane, Rectory Lane, and probably Chaucer's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … and in 1855 took over the former cockpit in Rectory Lane 57 which remained a glove factory until the 20th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … the valley on the line of Upper Brook Hill and Harrison's Lane. The original east boundary was probably altered in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … have been at Town's End pool, near the junction of Rectory Lane and the Oxford road. Stocks were mentioned in 1519, and …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. … R. Ed. III. 1341-3, p.64). "Woolwharf" or Customers quay "(S. 44), 1603. First Custom House occupied this site. Now …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and … south of the road to Chepstow and east of Plusterwine Lane. The arable fields were Goose Land or Goosling field, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … Possession House was recorded in 1694. 39 In Plusterwine Lane and Kerrin Lane four houses and bungalows have been … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
A History of the County of Somerset
… River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured 1,735 a. … east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the Confessor by Fulcui, was not included in Earl Roger's rape but was held in 1086 of the king in chief by Odo of … paid 30 marks to have the custody and marriage of Ralph's heir, then in ward to Bonenee daughter of Roger, 4 who had … de Beumes; 5 and in 1203 Alan de Wolbedinge paid 50 s. to avoid serving abroad 'for his serjeanty'. 6 This is …