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A History of the County of Oxford
… government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry … manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of court, infangthief and outfangthief, pillory, and gallows. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Nonconformity Nonconformity. Richard Owen of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and … Cheriton, a freeholder, and his uncle Edmund Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who was buried in Wolvercote in … suitable place for them in church among the farmers or the labourers. 74 In 1884 Baptists from the New Road chapel in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in Oakengates. 52 In the earlier 19th century the number of public houses grew as the town expanded, and in 1846 the … wake took place in early October in 1801-6, the focus of activity being the pubs along the main street. 55 Bull …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its … 12 The parish was late for the area in acquiring a labourers' clothing club in 1860 and reading room in 1862. 13 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and … three principal manors had separate field systems. 96 That of Ditton Valence was apparently cultivated in three shifts … part of the profits of Ditton Lodge farm among his labourers. 40 TABLE 1 CEREALS GROWN IN WOODDITTON, 1300-1500 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … their names in the later 13th century from the surnames of the families which had owned them from c. 1200. 57 DITTON … from periods of attainder in 1462 and 14715. 41 Under a Statute of 1532 it was held for life by the penultimate …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from …
A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. … Six days each year were set aside for the performance of statute labour but in 1733 labourers paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 3 miles (W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the county of Gloucester, 5 …