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A History of the County of Oxford
… farmsteads: in 1266 3 a. arable in Wythorpte (later Wycroft Close) was leased with a 'mansion', osier bed, croft, … north-east an indeterminate area, which included the later Wycroft close ( c. 14 a.), granted to Godstow abbey in 1139. … and 1608, fell down c. 1629. 64 An approach further north, Wycroft lane, which passed along Wycroft close on the eastern …
Magna Britannia
… sold it in parcels to the several tenants. The manor of Wycroft or Wigoft passed by successive female heirs from the … for the Brooke family, to castellate the mansion at Wycroft, and enclose a park of 800 acres. 58 After the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… place-names have been found:'Deyes,' 19 'Wyvorne,' 20 Wycroft, Eldeland, Sortehwet Lande, Pincheslad (early xiii …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held 100 a., presumably including the extra-parochial Wycroft and Lamb leys, and the four remaining farms ranged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lower Wolvercote village, the site of Godstow abbey, and Wycroft on the eastern edge of Port Meadow all lie on patches … Oxford presumably ran from Walton Street along the edge of Wycroft closes to Port Meadow. There seem to have been two … 12th century, a farmstead or small settlement at Wyke or Wycroft 'farm inclosure' on a patch of flood-plain gravel on …