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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 … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … election. 44 By the 18th century it was customary for one warden to be chosen by the rector or his curate, the other by …
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 of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … curacy; net income, 80; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. The church, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wootton Fitzpaine 96 WOOTTON FITZPAINE (A.d.) (O.S. 6 in. ( a)XXVII, S.E. ( b)XXVIII, S.W. ( c)XXXVI, N.E. ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal monuments. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … 200 Queen Anne's Bounty; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of the College. Worle (St. Martin) WORLE ( …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester College Worcester College (26) … buildings of the college are the ranges of Camerae on the S. of the site built at various times in the 15th century and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1600s Ellioner Reeve. Ref.110 BA1/1/16/29 (1601) To the right reverend father in God the Lord Bushopp and others her majesties justices of the peace Your lordships humble peticioner Ellioner Reeve … the overseers for the poore there appeare before Master [S.t?] Chauncellor and Master Jones and to shew cause etc. …