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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. In … as need arose. 32 18 th Rep. Com. Char. 369. Little, Woodchester, 35. Back, Woodchester, 55-6; Char. Com. Reg.; ex inf. the rector. Glos. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Church CHURCH. A priest was recorded at Woodchester in 896 51 and architectural evidence shows that … with materials from the old building. 69 The rectors of Woodchester in the early 14th century included John of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. … belonged to the estate. 11 In 1297 the tenants on Woodchester manor held 4½ yardlands, each yardland owing 2 … west of the church, Southfield and Longmoore west of South Woodchester, Atcombe field in the small valley occupied by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Education EDUCATION. St. Loe charity school, founded in 1699 to teach boys from Woodchester parish and Rodborough tithing in Minchinhampton … 13 In 1834 a school was built by subscription at North Woodchester 14 and in 1847 it had 28 pupils. At that date a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman villa, 1 lies … valley and linked the two main settlements, South Woodchester, also called Far Woodchester, and North …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of … in 1832 and declined again to £335 in 1834. 49 In 1836 Woodchester became part of Stroud poor-law union, 50 and in … visit. f. 28. Glos. R.O., P 375/CW 2/1-2. Ibid. 1. Little, Woodchester, 35, quoting doc. lost during Second World War: …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. … early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of Worcester by King … owned an estate in 1066 when there were two estates at Woodchester, one of which, owned by the Saxon thegn Brictric, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT … Presbyterians, 2 'Anabaptists', and 5 Quakers recorded at Woodchester in 1735 and in 1750, but no group had a chapel in … by Unitarians. 5 A Baptist chapel was built at South Woodchester in 1825 and had an average attendance of 180 in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The revival … a cloistered quadrangle, on their completion in 1853. Woodchester was the principal house of the order in England … p. 192. Ex inf. the Revd. A. Murray, parish priest of Woodchester. Langston, 'Cath. Missions', i, p. 78. Ibid. pp. …