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A History of the County of Gloucester
… other local government purposes it was placed in Lydney Rural District in 1894. 90 S.C. 6/850/1-6. N.L.W. Badminton MSS. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 3 Woolavington had a parish meeting from 1896 and a parish council from 1949. It formed part of Bridgwater poor-law … union from 1836, from 1894 was part of Bridgewater rural district, and was absorbed into Sedgemoor district in 1974. 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WOOLVERCOTT ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 2 miles (N. … in extent, were constituted an ecclesiastical parish or district, named St. Thomas's, under the act 6th and 7th … business has been nearly destroyed. Woore is the head of a district chapelry, which includes the township of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Woodstock; containing 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on … land, with a small portion of meadow and pasture. At Old Woodstock, and in other parts of the parish, glovemaking is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… communities, looking to small markets at Deddington or Woodstock. Weaving and malting at Deddington were on a small … scale, and slate mining at Stonesfield and gloving near Woodstock were developments of the 17th century and later. … 1 The borough of Woodstock (62 a.) and the extra parochial district of Blenheim Park (2,269 a.) belonged historically to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parishes and several extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying … not a distinct region; some villages looked to markets at Woodstock and Eynsham, others to those at Witney and Oxford. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… built in the 20th century. Off the street to the west four council houses and two council bungalows were built in South Bank in the early … part of Pewsey poor-law union in 1835, 28 and of Kennet district in 1974. 29 CHURCH. A church belonging to the abbey …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is divided into five wards; a sheriff is appointed by the council, and the number of magistrates is 15. The freedom is … was extended to the 10 householders of an enlarged district, which comprises 1253 acres: the sheriff is … the patronage of the Dean and Chapter; net income, 170. A district church was consecrated in 1845 at Blockhouse, which …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the service of that prince. He was afterwards of his privy council, and died in 1701. He married Mary sole daughter and …