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A History of the County of Oxford
… apprantely recently built on corporation land next to the river. 31 The corporation let it as the Malthouse until the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary divided Woodstock from … by the line of an existing road bending towards the river crossing. The straight frontage of Oxford Street's east … The part of Oxford Street descending steeply to the river was called Hollow Way by the early 16th century. 58 It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Thomas Browne (d. 1621) who rented a malthouse by the river (later the White Hart inn) and built another at his new … 'soft skins' and white leather, and, in a limepit near the river, a further 350 sheepskins, 25 doeskins, and 3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank of the river Glyme; the fee farm rent of 2 13 s. 4 d. suggests that … the 'bays' or sluices in the meadows, repaired the river banks, and cleansed the river, the ditches, and the corporation brook; 52 the last, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cold and pure stream of water, the primary source of the river Axe. Wookey-Hole WOOKEY-HOLE, a tything, partly in the … issues a stream that flows through the village into the river Frome. A fair for cattle and general traffic is held on … 311 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river Rother, and comprises about 2300 acres, of which 767 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part … Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the Frome; the N. part, beyond the river terraces, is an extensive area of heathland on Bagshot …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 at Woolaston and Aluredston, both presumably in the River Severn. 99 The former was included in the gift of the … Horse Pill in 1866 4 and owned the fishing rights in the river between Beachley and Cone Pill. About 1820 the tenant … in 1924, the fishing rights being vested in the Wye River Authority in 1969. 6 The tenants of the Horse Pill …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … 1882 formed the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, … narrow neck of land extending to the steep valley of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey. In 1882 the detached …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey, and Brockweir and Townsend …