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A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits … ceased between 1786 and 1794, but under the pressures of war and bad harvests it became necessary to subsidize food …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this … space vacated used as a chapel. 48 After the Second World War the north and south galleries, which excluded much light, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … by her favours. Seal and Arms. During the civil war of the 17th century, the palace was besieged and much …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WOODMANCOTE was held in 1066 by Countess Guda, and in 1086 of William de Braose by William son of Rannulf, 35 who also … an open courtyard, were added after the First World War in vernacular style by Fowlers of Cowfold. 96 The manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … road was converted into cottages after the Second World War. The 1½ d. quit rent of the later no. 16 Oxford Street …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was … in 1641 and flourished until disrupted by the Civil War. 91 In the 17th century rectors frequently employed … and bad'. 87 In 1648, when the church housed military prisoners in transit, many pews were used for firewood. 88 By …
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 … century, later the Blandford Arms until the First World War. From the late 18th century until the early 20th no. 38 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts … on the flesh side of the skin. Until the First World War the army ordered white, pipeclayed gloves in large …
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 … The population increased rapidly after the Second World War, reaching 1,715 by 1951 and 2,037 by 1981. Hensington … soldiers were still billeted in Woodstock in 1647; in 1648 prisoners in transit from Colchester damaged the church when …
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 … in later sources, 29 has not been traced. Until the Civil War political pressure on the corporation was restricted … advice. 45 When Woodstock church was damaged by rebel prisoners in 1648 William Lenthall, unable to promise redress …