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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed … at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the 12th-century park wall but the straight south boundary implies the deliberate marking out of a site, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … later Middle Ages the borough comprised 61 � a. 14 Its boundary with the park on the west and south was probably … remained in Hensington, 17 suggesting that the borough boundary may once have followed the edge of the valley on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … 22 but in 1581, in a dispute over the borough's eastern boundary with Hensington manor, he instigated riots; when his … in 1805 c. 4 a.; the pieces lay together on the parish boundary. 64 The estate, let for between 14 and 16 in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 … only a quarter of the total electorate of c. 1,100. 11 The boundary revision of 1832 strengthened the duke's influence, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both … is an extensive area of heathland on Bagshot Beds. Recent boundary changes in the S.W. have resulted in considerable … curved N.E. to join the Frome. This might be a monastic boundary and its ditch could also have supplied the ponds, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … At the same time the irregular shape of the parish boundary with Tidenham south of Ashwell Grange was … and yew trees were growing there in 1969. 5 The northern boundary followed the brook at Brockweir for almost a mile …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never … or early-19th-century date. Until 1935 the parish boundary ran through the farmyard so that some of the farm, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured … a detached part of Shapwick parish on the north-west boundary, was added to Woolavington, but in the following …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 … Rother, which with a tributary stream forms the western boundary of the parish for about 2 miles. The northern half … maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the church, is a large …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its S.E. boundary coinciding with the summit of the escarpment at an …