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A History of the County of Warwick
… connects this with the Warwick-Kineton road in the west of the parish. Between this last-named road and the Avon … his death in 1755, 16 when he bequeathed it to St. John's College, Oxford, 17 in whose hands it remains. St. John's College, Oxford. Gules a border sable charged with stars or …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… on the east, and very picturesque views are characteristic of this riverside region. A short distance south of the … the chief crops being wheat, barley and oats. Local Romano-British remains, including villa sites and a cemetery, have … who left it at his death at the end of that year to Keble College, Oxford, the present patrons. In 1279, the rectory …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Waterperry WATERPERRY The ancient parish of Waterperry 1 lies on the Buckinghamshire border with the … Henley, R.N., who sold the Waterperry estate to Magdalen College in 1925. 146 Waterperry House was bought in 1949 by … with Miss A. J Sanders, of a residential horticultural college for women. An estate in THOMLEY assessed at 4 hides, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ancient parish covered only 653 acres. 1 It lay in a bend of the River Thame which bounded it on the north and west; on … and also actively assisted in the foundation of Magdalen College, for he was the friend of Bishop Waynflete and the … that Danvers wrote in 1494 to President Mayhew of Magdalen College telling that he was busy with the affairs of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WATLINGTON Like other Chiltern parishes the ancient parish of Watlington was long and narrow, being nowhere more than a … area was settled at an early date: a Bronze Age axe and British and Roman gold coins have been found; and there were … followed by Richard Birkhead (175784), a fellow of Queen's College, who was master of a private Academy as well as of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and partly in Warwickshire, but by an Order of 1894 the Warwickshire portion was constituted the distinct parish of Bickmarsh. By the Transfer Order of 1931 Welford-on-Avon … with all its estates was given by Henry VI to his College of Eton. Edward IV, however, revoked the grant and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xiii-xvi cent.); Wellyngburgh (xiv cent.). The parish of Wellingborough contains 4,253 acres. The subsoil is Lias … fire destroyed much of the old town. 32 In 1855 a Board of Health was established, but the government of the town and … proved in 1382, made provision for the foundation of a College of Canons at Irthlingborough. 107 His widow Joan …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.); Wyluwes, Welewes, Weluen (xiv cent.). The parish of Welwyn has an area of 3,064 acres, of which 1,028 acres are arable land, 1,160 … 134 until Thomas Wilshere sold it in 1616 to All Souls College, Oxford, 135 in whose possession it has since …
A History of the County of Oxford
… very irregular and were no doubt drawn along the limits of already existing fields; the northern boundary follows for … 86 from whom it was purchased in 1862 by the Queen's College, Oxford, 87 which is at present the chief landowner. … this time there were four freeholders, of whom the Queen's College was probably the largest, compared with 36 in 1636. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Wenslawe (xv cent.). This parish contains the townships of Castle Bolton, Leyburn, Preston-under-Scar, Redmire and Wensley, and covers some 8 miles of the northern slope of Wensleydale, and certain lands of … Scrope in 1420 made a bequest for erecting and endowing a college of the Annunciation for five priests, five clerks and …