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A History of the County of Oxford
… Weald Buildings BUILDINGS. 46 A cruck-framed cottage north of the churchyard was mentioned in 1440, 47 and the discovery of … 1844), formerly of Lew House, 97 for whom, perhaps, the ground floor rooms were refitted and a back wing and stair …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Churches CHURCHES. Bampton was the site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster whose extensive … curtilage on the east, 80 and in 1685 the house included 6 ground-floor and 4 upper rooms, a study, and 2 lofts, with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Weald Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. AGRICULTURE. In the mid 10th century Bampton formed part of a large unitary estate which cut across later field and … closes to the west, where Exeter cathedral had a pasture ground in 1439 and where piecemeal inclosure continued in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the … perhaps a temporary sideshow. A cricket club, with its own ground, existed by 1859, and a football club by 1907, 1 and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… MANOR COURTS. From 1248 William de Valence, as lord of the manor and hundred of Bampton, claimed return of writs, assize of bread and ale, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Manors and castle MANORS AND CASTLE Until the late Anglo-Saxon period the royal manor of BAMPTON included all the ancient parish and much land … pair of two-centred doorways, the northern leading to the ground floor of the lodging range, and the southern to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Weald granted to Osney abbey c. 1170 descended with the abbey's estate in Lew, and are treated below. 15 The … Clanfield, by 1279, when they owed 40 s. a year and suit of court to the lord of Bampton Earls. 16 In 1575 the Crown … wing, attached only at its north-west corner, has a large ground-floor fireplace, and in the mid 19th century was used …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Buildings Buildings. The castle, manor-house, vicarages, gaol, and other public … are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded early in the 13th century, 1 … one similar to that of many local farm-houses. 23 On the ground floor a crosspassage separated the two westernmost …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: the parish boundary crossed the county … 1876. The upper section of the apse represents, on a gold ground, the Lord Enthroned in Majesty, surrounded by the four …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Economic history Economic History. Agriculture. The Oxfordshire portion of Banbury parish was anciently divided between at least … leased to 14 of the copy-holders jointly a piece of waste ground to build a house for the herdsman and hayward, …