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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had … himself with his own guards, all fully armed, and proclamations were issued in the king's name ordering his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal … Oldcastle (executed 1417), for whom he had counterfeited coinage, 283 and certainly by the early 16th century there …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … 36 s. 10 The site of New Woodstock, a well drained plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, … borough comprised 61 � a. 14 Its boundary with the park on the west and south was probably established at its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … the profits were taken to include the quitrents set on burgages at the town's foundation and still listed in … 65 In the 15th century a crier received small fees for proclamations in the portmoot. 66 In 1608 the office, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Disjointed traces of a terrace-way in Streetfold lie along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and … Settlement (SP 06051390 06151395) in Yanworth Wood lies on almost level ground. It is marked by a feature, probably a … END OF INVENTORY TABLES CHRONOLOGY Rulers named on coinage and mentioned in the Inventory Emperors and members …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles … numerous army, attended by his whole court. The besiegers, on his approach, retired towards the north, and intrenched … his funeral obsequies were performed with great solemnity on the west side of the city, near Acomb: in the immediate …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The … limestone from the neighbourhood of Tadcaster and set on an earlier earth bank, encloses an area of 263 acres on … until 1831 and elections for the North Riding until 1882. Proclamations of the accession of monarchs and of the …