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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (ST 86909835), immediately S. of the old line of Shipton's Grave Lane, in a small area of arable on the ridge top above 550 ft. O.D., was indicated by a score … and at least 42 ft. long, possibly of Roman date, lie on the terrace some 70 yds. W. of the field wall at ST …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in shape, stretching for seven miles from the Inch brook on the northwest to near the Tetbury-Cirencester road on the south-east; the smaller, eastern portion was a compact … for two miles along a path to a junction called Shipton's Grave. In 1892 the boundary between Nailsworth and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… (d. 1770) settled c. 200 a. and the manor-house of Avening on Jane and her husband Francis Boughton subject to the … the manor-house, Avening Court, is a long range with rooms on two floors and may have been the residence of Henry … to Edmund Estcourt. It then passed with Estcourt manor in Shipton Moyne until 1790 when trustees were appointed for the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… extreme S.W. of the county and is bounded by Oxfordshire on the S. and W. The N. and N.E. part of the parish is an … and Middle Lias Clay to the valleys of the Ockley Brook on the S. and the R. Cherwell on the W. The latter, flowing in a broad open valley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… large quantities, and of excellent quality. The market is on Wednesday: fairs are held on Whit-Tuesday and the last Thursday in October; and on the … in a fertile valley, on the banks of the small river Cherwell, which separates this county from Northamptonshire; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton Hundred BAMPTON HUNDRED UNTIL 1844 Bampton hundred, on the west side of the county, covered c. 48,500 a., divided … 1 The hundred formed a compact block of land, bounded on part of the north and much of the east by the river … manor, belonged probably to the three hundreds attached to Shipton under Wychwood, later Chadlington hundred. Tenurial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… correspond to the former demesne), while those dependent on Calthorpe House were known particularly as the Calthorpe … lay in Calthorpe and Easington. 22 There were 8 ploughmen on the demesne in 12991300. 23 In 1329 Henry Burghersh, … can be identified with later names lay to the west of the Cherwell, mostly just south of Banbury bridge; the c. 89 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school much earlier, since a schoolmaster lived in a house on the north of the churchyard in 14302. 3 It was still in … in the hands of Lord Guilford. Arrears in the interest on this sum amounted in 1748 to 567 2 s. 8 d. and Francis, … of Education in 1899 and ordered to close in 1900. 28 The Cherwell British schools were opened in 1861. Mr. Bernhard …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 124. The borough of Banbury lies 22 miles north of Oxford on the River Cherwell, close to the meeting point of three counties, and … quarrel of the author, who is believed to have come from Shipton-under-Wychwood, close to an outlying part of Banbury …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Bourton and Neithrop. In 1510 the accounting officials on the bishop's estate were the reeve of the castle, the … was not an accounting official and by the 16th century, as on many other estates, the office and fees were granted to a … piece of land known as Gallows Ley, between the River Cherwell and the mill stream, 246 but the last known hanging …