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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Blandford Forum 5 BLANDFORD FORUM (8806) (O.S. 6 ins. ST. 80 NE) Blandford Forum, the largest town … stands in a curve of the R. Stour which bounds it to S. and W. The land varies in altitude between 100 ft. and 200 … to Dr. Joachim Frederic Sagittary, a German, who entered Queen's College, Oxford, at the age of 17 in 1634, received …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Blandford St. Mary 6 BLANDFORD ST. MARY (8905) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NE, ST 80 SE) The parish lies S. of Blandford Forum, on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, and extends over some 2,500 acres, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… arable land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 16. 10. 7.; net income, 752; patron, C. Chaplin, … in the king's books at 12. 9. 4., and in the gift of Queen's College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for … inhabitants. This district was granted in 1704, by Queen Anne, to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, in reward of …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 68 years, built the house to his own design in the 1790's, when it was described as 'a neat house on a pleasing … The western section, which now includes Col. P. H. Lloyd's estate office, was built in the late 1890's. 18 At the northwest corner is a small clock tower of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish of 815 hectares on either side of Willow Brook. The S.E. part of the parish is on Oxford Clay, partly overlain … century the estate was divided between William Stafford's two daughters, Blatherwycke being the share of Susannah, … below it appears to be contemporary with this window. The S. doorway of the nave and reset material forming a belfry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… royal palace. 48 From the first, in accordance with the queen's wishes, the house was called Blenheim. The foundation stone … including one for the Marlboroughs' granddaughter, Lady Anne Spencer, comprising an apartment, a bedchamber, and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… royal hunting reserve granted with Woodstock manor by Queen Anne in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, to … battle of Blenheim. Granted with the park were the king's houses (sometimes called the royal palace or manor house of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Tilleman Bobart. 64 Several early plans, one by Wise's assistant Charles Bridgeman in 1709, show the achievement … the water-engine was removed from the north arch, first to Queen Elizabeth Island, then to the weir near the cascade, … D. Green, Blenheim Palace, passim; idem, Gardener to Queen Anne, 96-121; L. Whistler, Imagination of Vanbrugh, 111-23. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim Park to 1705 Park to 1705 A park around the king's houses may have been defined before 1086 when woodland … limits of Lee's annexation. Lee's new enclosure was called Queen's Park, 73 a name sometimes applied in the 17th century … ed. T. Hearne, 138. Duke of Marlborough Estate Act, 3 & 4 Anne, c. 4 (printed as c. 6 in Statutes at Large). The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim The King's houses The King's houses Royal interest in the chase led to … town gate, another, further south, partially preserved as Queen Elizabeth's island in the upper lake. 78 In the 13th … the addition of several chapels, including one for the queen, begun in 1238-9, which was a substantial building with …