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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … valued in the king's books at 13; net income, 70; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … of Marlborough; and there are various bequests for the benefit of the poor generally, which are distributed amongst …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Wick Farmhouse by will dated 1667 left £200 for the benefit of the poor of Woodmancote and Albourne, to which £27 was added by the parish officers … the 1780s was £4 2 s. 9½ d. 61 In 1808 the land was sold and the money invested. The income was distributed in sums of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years from 1733. 50 Until 1764 their arrangement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and undertook to use it for three or four almsmen, but the site was later found inconvenient and in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town … duchess of Marlborough's almshouses. 5 In 1828 the unpaid benefit was reckoned to be £11 12 s., and in 1848 stock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … have been laid out only when New Woodstock was planned, and on its south side is the church, where a 12th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as Parker, Porter, Franklin, Despenser, and Marshall; other names were derived from the building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not neglected' and in 1831 that … continued to be lent out at interest for the master's benefit until taken in hand in 1640. 92 Thomas Fletcher (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … to be the earliest box club in the county. 76 The town's friendly societies retained a high membership in the early … Friendly Society, the United Brethren, and the United Benefit Society were held on the same day in the Marlborough …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the … scope. Corporate property was administered chiefly for the benefit of councillors and funds were provided for feasting … in 1807. 57 Selfhelp was also promoted and the town's four friendly societies had 294 members in 1803 and 260 or more in …