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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… converted into a farmhouse, a very lofty building. The principal entrance was on the west, where is still an ancient … to the buildings of the palace, erecting the front and the principal gate-house. This gatehouse was for some time the … are generally large and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although fluctuating, is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… its associated deserted village remains. The castle is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1) The Parish Church of … more or less symmetrical on plan and so arranged that the principal living rooms are to the N. on the first floor with … which in the 'King's' Hall cut across the tops of the principal windows. Doorways throughout have chamfered …
A History of the County of Oxford
… north the Royal Assembly Rooms, for long one of the town's principal meeting places. 61 19. No. 15 Market Street (Old … 89 Until the mid 17th century the Bull remained one of the principal inns, used for corporate entertainment 90 and owned … park gate, was rebuilt in the earlier 18th century with a principal room on each side of a central entrance and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… arrangements. Thereafter the corporation supervised the principal endowed chantry and in the 1530s the rector and … that the rectory house, while occupied by Edward Strong, principal mason in the first stage of the Blenheim building … later 18th-century, changes included panelling the principal rooms and rebuilding the central section of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… attached to the church. 91 All were later demolished. The principal medieval inns were probably the George, the Bull, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it may be significant that the site of one of the principal later medieval inns, the George (later the … and owned several Woodstock houses, including one of the principal inns, the Bull. 2 Trade attracted outsiders to the … councillors at least six owned inns or alehouses. 35 The principal inns in the earlier 17th century were the Bull and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … postal service by 1685 46 but by then the town lay off the principal lines of communication: the Oxford-Stratford road … later they acquired substantial holdings, including the principal coaching inns, the Marlborough Arms and the Bear, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with a common hall and a hierarchy of offices: in 1338 the principal officer, by then called mayor, was using his … which marked the formal constitution of the town's principal chantry, and the new corporation was closely … such men as the Methodist G. G. Banbury, one of the town's principal property owners, and all the leading glove …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1886, its history is also treated separately below. Principal maps used for this article were O.S. Maps 1/2,500, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1) The Parish Church of … traceried head. Similar doorways (Plate 202) lead to the principal rooms. The Hall has a plaster vaulted ceiling …