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A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … not mentioned as a charity. The building was replaced by a row of estate cottages in 1874. 41 In 1825 the Hensington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … demolished in 1786 the stables were turned into a cottage row known as Church Alley, demolished c. 1870; the site, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … On the north side of Market Place were the shambles, a row of stalls ending on the west at Brown's Lane. 40 Other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … of High Street was designated Shoemakers' and Glovers' Row. 51 A local rhyme which presumably predates the town's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … the north end of Old Woodstock was adjusted to include a row of houses at Hill Rise, formerly in Wootton parish. 91 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … included evicting from Begbroke House the banker Thomas Robinson. 18 To punish political opponents he removed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on … novices' day-room; it is of five bays. It had a central row of columns and a groined vault; the moulded bases of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … year. 24 Woolaston Grange was bought by the tenant, J. W. Robinson, who sold it in 1940 to W. P. M. Lysaght of … (Rec. Com.), iv. 370. C 66/671 m. 14. Ex inf. Mr. S. J. Robinson. Glos. R.O., D 262/E 27; see above, p. 102. Cal. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cob cottages; 6 in Lower Road two still stand of a former row and a small house encroaches on the waste at the end of … east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … here before the Reformation, and a well called Our Lady's Well is still in repute for its medicinal properties. Wools …