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A History of the County of Oxford
… The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of … 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 … appartments, usually, by the 1870s, occupied by single women. 84 The corporation sold the almshouses in the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community … until the later 18th century. In 1768 only 4050 men and women, earning 8 s.9 s. a week, were said to be employed in … of the craft. In 1695 a smith called Hunt was admitted to the freedom as 'an ingenious man', 83 but the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national reforms, however, provoked a comment in 1838 that … Cornwell, a London skinner born in Woodstock, left £ 300 to provide and support a grammar school and a master, who was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock … small hospitals in the vicinity: a house for leprous women was mentioned in 1182 and 1232, the leper hospital of … at the Six Bells (later no. 16 Oxford Street). 55 Visiting companies included the Theatre Royal in 1780, and plays were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the … burdens, and in 1557 it was ordered that none should be admitted unless able to meet the town's charges, summed up in … a common punishment for minor pilfering, and ducking of women, common in the early 17th century, was still ordered by …
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 … Exclusion crisis when more than 60 honorary freemen were admitted. 20 Intent on keeping the borough 'solely at his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women recusants were fined, and one or two recusants were reported from time to time until Catholic emancipation. 51 By 1930, 52 when … priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to Kidlington …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and … to 15 in 1871. 6 In 1868 farming was largely pastoral but women were employed to pull turnips and mangolds, plant … RG 9/1626; RG 10/2390; RG 11/2377. Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. pp. 484-5. S.R.O., D/P/wool 18/13/1. P.R.O., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The … comprising about 636 acres. The lands anciently belonged to Tynemouth priory, and in the reign of Elizabeth were … of Robert Banastre. This lady was afterwards married to Sir John Langton, whose descendant, John Langton, in the …
The Environs of London
… Wollewic, &c. I can find nothing satisfactory relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, … in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal … the warren furnishes employment for a great number of poor women in the town. Convict-hulks. Two hulks are stationed in …