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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … C.U.L., Maps, PS 19/1265. Rly. Mag. xxiii. 370-9; J. Simmons, Rly. in Town and Country, 1830-1914, 305. C.R.O., R …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … owners 1687-1740, were wealthy maltsters. 37 Charles Simmons Cross, tenant of the Bully family from 1743, bought … 1742. 36 In 1735 the corporation agreed to let it to James Simmons, builder, on condition that he rebuild it in stone …
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 … seems to have survived the completion of Blenheim. The Simmons family of carpenters owned much property; 20 Joseph …
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 … his executors sold the water undertaking to William Derry Simmons and James Simmons, Woodstock carpenters. In 1763 W. D. Simmons's nephew …
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 … of hostile councillors, notably Brotherton and William Simmons, lessee of the waterworks. 69 Such methods encouraged …