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A History of the County of Oxford
… reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 In 1445 the leading burgesses joined with the … occupied by Edward Strong, principal mason in the first stage of the Blenheim building works, was one of several …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary … may not have pre-dated the town: passage from the gate to the royal palace remained difficult, requiring long … extent (61 ½ a.) included meadows on the north not granted to the borough until the 15th century. 93 The original town …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community … the George (later the Marlborough Arms), belonged in 1279 to one of the leading townsmen, Adam Bennet. 69 Property was … on total wealth of only c. 38. 74 Population seems to have declined in the later Middle Ages, and in the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock … by a post chaise run by the landlord of the Bear inn. 50 A stage wagon to London was in operation by 1773, 51 and in the … through from other places. 52 In 1808 a thrice-weekly post coach between Woodstock and London, called the Blenheim, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the … tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, … John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, yielding between 4 and 6 4 s. a year in the period …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent … as in mayoral elections, extended beyond the council to the freeman body. 89 An election restricted to councillors …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the … tracery in a two-centred head with a label. The second stage has square-headed lights in the N. and S. walls. The … porch at the S. end. The walls are divided by tall single-stage buttresses and have a plain plinth; the windows in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey in 1131. 91 Following a dispute with … serve the chapel of Alvington. 92 The abbey was licensed to appropriate the church of Woolaston with the chapelry of … 284v. G. & Sarah Ormerod made drawings in 1837 and 1844: Edinburgh Univ. Libr. Df. 1.44 6, Glos. drawings 26-28; cf. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was granted by William I to William FitzOsbern, Earl of Hereford (d. 1071). 8 William … R.O., D 262/E 27. Ibid. T 38. Drawing by G. Ormerod, 1861: Edinburgh Univ. Libr. Df. 1. 44 6, Glos. drawings 25; photog. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including the Withy rhyne to the north, its original course partly obliterated by the …