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Survey of London
… Brixton The manor of Heathrow, Milkwood and Wickwood THE MANOR OF HEATHROW The small Manor of … The Manor passed into the possession of Thomas Wiseman and after his death to his son Thomas. 217 The latter was a Jesuit priest in Rome and by 1594 he had sold the Manor to William Wiseman who in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons From at least the 1170s until inclosure in 1776 … of the parish (Fig. 81). 1 Grove field, so called in 1624 and presumably earlier, contained around 900 a. in the northern part of the parish and probably also between Brize Norton village and Astrop. It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… valley, about 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Bampton. Witney and Burford are 4 miles (6.5 km) north-east and north-west … the Chequers remained in business in 2004. Festivities and Clubs Little is known about pre-modern social activities. In … Victory Hut. 200 In 1924 there were said to be many social clubs, including a Mothers' Union branch and society for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A separate church was established probably by 1074, and was given to Eynsham abbey in the late 12th century. … (formerly Berks.) owned one manor in the late 16th and early 17th century, and their successors, the Greenwood … on the south wall, featuring a shield and three men with clubs, commemorates Eleanor Woodd and her daughter-in-law …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of London Broad Street … Peter le Poor, St. Benet Fink, St. Bartholomew Exchange, and parts of the parishes of St. Martin Outwich, St. Christopher le Stocks, and St. Margaret Lothbury. The principal monuments are the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… formerly separate settlements of Broadwater, Offington, and Worthing. After the late 18th century it was increasingly dominated, and finally engulfed, by the growth of Worthing. The area of … within Worthing borough became a separate civil parish, 10 and in 1902 the rest of Broadwater civil parish was divided …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… 5 miles (8 km) south of the former market town of Burford, and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Witney. The parish's name … was the primary focus of the late 11th-century estate, and the village retains a medieval parish church of some size and importance, adjoining an abandoned medieval manorial …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Broadwell Parish: Filkins FILKINS TOWNSHIP The large and thriving village of Filkins, 12 with its concentration of … aspect of working-class life was membership of friendly societies, of which more than one operated in Filkins, open … Five Alls (the one remaining pub), and another dozen or so clubs and societies created social opportunities for …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… parish, around 2 miles (4.5 km) south-west of Burford and 8 miles (13 km) west of Witney. Throughout its history it has been a small agricultural community, and during the 19th and earlier 20th centuries it became an … houses, no recorded village customs, and no known village societies. In part this reflected its small population and, …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… known for its association with the designer, writer, and socialist William Morris (d. 1896), Kelmscott 6 remains a small and secluded hamlet, sharing much in common with its more … The village has always been predominantly agricultural, and contains several high-quality 17th- and 18th-century …