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A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … also designed houses in 1928 for the Witney Mills Housing Society, each containing three bedrooms and a small …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … in Oxford was acquired from the British Red Cross Society in 1923 and was replaced in 1934, partly with income …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century … conterminous with the late Anglo-Saxon estate, was large for Oxfordshire, covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the … for church members. A Church of England Working Men's Society and a Workman's Club were set up in 1888, and Norris …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the Newfoundland … subscription, and a grant of 500 from the Incorporated Society, for which 460 free sittings were provided. Here is a …
A History of the County of Essex
… and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … farming methods, and was president of Essex Agricultural Society in 1870. At his Wivenhoe Lodge farm of 300 a., where …
A History of the County of Essex
… teacher was recorded. 94 A charity school, started in 1718 for 10 boys and 5 girls, still existed in 1724. 95 Two schoolmasters were recorded in the 1760s; one, John Potter, by will proved 1763, left £2 to … 3 By 1839 the schools were in union with the National Society. In 1848 a new schoolhouse, built in the Elizabethan …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles … and accommodated meetings of the vestry, a friendly society, and the Wivenhoe Association against Housebreakers, …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1664. 69 John Argor (d. 1679), who had been ejected from the church at Braintree, was licensed as a Presbyterian … in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in 1672. 70 Samuel Wood, who ran … 86 David George Goyder, minister of the Swedenborgian Society at Ipswich, founded a small society in Wivenhoe by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education There appears to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame … on the 'new' or National system, closed shortly afterwards for lack of financial support, and in 1815 the three day … of Merton College, St. John's College, and the National Society, a new girls' schoolroom was built. 79 In 1833 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ … small streams on part of the north, and field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial area of Godstow (411 a.), … down. In the later 19th century the Foresters' Friendly Society held its annual festival on Whit Monday, with a …