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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the townships of Claylane, Stretton, Tupton, and Woodford, 3144 inhabitants, of whom 250 are in North …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what … following account summarises the history and ownership of Woodford and Farm Mills; Crawley Mill and New Mill are … from the 19th century is discussed above. 4 Witney or Woodford Mill Medieval Mills Though individual mills were not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Waleys (now Farm) Mill just south of the borough, at Woodford (now Witney) Mill to its north, and from a third … wool merchant Roger Hering, who jointly held Waleys and Woodford corn and fulling mills in the 1270s. 57 Surnames … demesne farming at Witney, built a new fulling mill at Woodford Mills, granted on a 20-year lease the following …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (with premises at New Mill and West End) in 1894, buying Woodford and Witney Mills (where he was co-lessee) in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lane east of the river. 60 Further north, the name Woodford implies an early north-south river-crossing near the … 131 the crossing having presumably eclipsed the ford at Woodford, a little further west, by the time the High Street … may have been part of an earlier northsouth route to Woodford, while Corn Street and Crown Lane almost certainly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (as now) wholly of timber. 163 Farm and Witney ( or Woodford) Mills Other surviving large early mill buildings are the four-storeyed Woodford Mill (at Witney Mills), and three-storeyed Farm … already a fulling mill when rebuilt after a fire in 1837; Woodford Mill, held as a fulling mill by the Colliers from …
Alumni Oxonienses
… paup. Pembroke Coll., matric. 25 Feb., 1668-9, aged 19. Woodford, Heighes s. Sam., of Bensted, Southants, S.T.P. … and father of Samuel 1714. See Foster's Index Eccl. Woodford, John of London, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 4 … 1603-4, M.A. 30 Oct., 1606. See St. Paul's S. R. 30. [ 35] Woodford, John of London, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 23 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 272 inhabitants, and comprising 1659 acres. Woodford WOODFORD, a township, in the parish of Prestbury, union and … 1210 acres, the soil of which is clay, with peat. Woodford (St. Mary) WOODFORD ( St. Mary), a parish, in the …
The Environs of London
… Woodford WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. … This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, … died in 1540, directed that his body should be buried at Woodford; he bequeathed to Clement, his son, four of his best …