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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act of 1878. 78 The borough surveyor acted as sanitary inspector, inspector of dairies …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 … life much was entrusted to agents, notably Samuel Travers, surveyor-general of Crown Lands, and William Diston, a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the … late 13th century, shortly before the manor was granted to Tintern Abbey, there was considerable demesne at … on the proximity of the parish to the mining areas, a surveyor recommended the building of six new cottages, which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were … and surveyors' accounts from 1848 to 1866. 81 There was a surveyor of the lower division of the parish in 1759, 82 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The … The town is partially paved, under the superintendence of commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, from the advantages of its situation … and the produce applied to the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are eight honorary canons. Arms of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor. 25 Courts leet, recorded for Church Hall manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced … intervals; the number of jurors sworn ranged from 2 to 15, but was more often a higher number. Inhabitants were presented for obstructing the highway, failing to clean ditches and repair boundary marks, taking in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … Dr. Moore in 1706 bequeathed 200, directing the interest to be applied in teaching children. In 1829, the remains of a … with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by commissioners appointed for its improvement, who have erected …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has … York when Paulinus baptized Edwin there in 627, for it is to be presumed that Paulinus brought with him the Roman … and a canopy to make good the seizures of the royal commissioners. 94 The progress of the Reformation in the …