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A History of the County of Oxford
… a new county council primary school was built on Hailey road. The Batt Church of England Central Secondary school was … 1938 when the juniors were transferred to the new Hailey Road school or to St Mary's, leaving 115 pupils in what … the new Witney County Secondary Modern School on Woodstock Road, set up to provide the growing population with a less …
A History of the County of Oxford
… middle of West End, and up the eastern side of Woodstock road as far as closes called Great and Little Costells, … Woodgreen, remained in Hailey. 15 Closes east of Woodstock road, included within the borough, adjoined Costells to their … the boundary there perhaps following an original road-line to their north. A few houses further along West …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, and many others on the edge of the town along Oxford Road in Newland. 108 Some cottages may have been built by … at right angles to High Street. 114 At Newland part of the road's south side west of the Cogges turn was built up by … continued until 1914 and later. Newland House on Oxford Road, built for the blanket manufacturer John Early around …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recorded. Other functions before the 1830s included road-repair, and increasing responsibility for public health … 1751 they were ordered by the justices to make a rate for road-repair. 86 A sexton and a parish clerk, mentioned from … the highway board refused to increase the payment. 119 Road safety was a concern by the 1870s, when the local board …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A plan to unite with the Methodists at their Davenport Road chapel proved unpopular, and for a time services were … in 1957, to be replaced by a new chapel on Davenport Road with an attached hall and assembly room, which served … 2003, together with the chapels at Newland and Davenport Road. 132 Relations with other Christian groups remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The Convent of the Sisters of Charity opened in Curbridge Road in 1959, those resident undertaking pastoral work, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Lancaster, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Blackburn, on the road to Preston; containing 1073 inhabitants. This township … 580 acres of land, chiefly arable; it is traversed by the road and railway from Norwich to Yarmouth, and bounded on the … of good quality for grindstones. The village is on the road from Leyburn to Ripon, near the confluence of the rivers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… entirely modern, occupies a gentle eminence on the main road from London to Leeds, and consists of four broad and … of an extensive wood near the Oxford and Worcester road, was opened in 1844, when 20 skeletons were found, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… ConditionBad. (7). House, three tenements, on W. side of road, 60 yards E. of the church. The upper storey projected … shaped and moulded brackets. (8). House, on W. side of road, near the Quay, and 60 yards S.S.E. of the church. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ann Sanford (Sandford) conveyed to trustees land in Rebow Road for six almshouses for single women or widows, …