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A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES The manor of … and heir Elizabeth married John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and Wivenhoe descended with the earl- dom until 1584 when Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford, sold it to Roger Townshend of Raynham (Norf.). Roger, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … the Warden and Fellows of All Souls' College, Oxford. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat … An act was passed in 1845 for a railway to Worcester and Oxford, 92 miles long; and in 1846 for a railway to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, but architectural … ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 … the earlier 19th, curates being nominated to the bishop of Oxford from 1790. In 1866 it was declared a vicarage. In 1976 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling … of meadow, excluding Port Meadow which was described under Oxford. 96 Among the original endowments of Godstow abbey … of firewood, and in 1650 two osier hams were leased to an Oxford basket-maker. 12 There was some conversion of former …
A History of the County of Oxford
… closed shortly afterwards for lack of financial support, and in 1815 the three day schools taught only 46 children. 77 … 1817, however, a National school, held in the glebe house and supported by subscriptions, including £2 2 s. from Merton … up to 416. 88 The school, which had been taken over by Oxford City after the boundary changes of 1929, became a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two … Upper Wolvercote, was absorbed into the built-up area of Oxford in the earlier 20th century, and in 1929 the whole of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of court, infangthief and outfangthief, … work both in the parish 2 and perhaps also in Oxford. There was no workhouse. In 1803 a total of 11 adults, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Manors and other estates Manors and other estates Roger d'Ivri held … afterwards he, Reynold of St. Valery, and the citizens of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the … CUTTESLOWE were confirmed to St. Frideswide's minster in Oxford in 1004, and in 1086 Siward held the estate of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and his influence may have encouraged the eight other … and his uncle Edmund Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who was buried in Wolvercote in 1630, were also … a congregation drawn mainly from the new housing in North Oxford. 68 In 1672 James Beckford's house was licensed as a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow … Ffennell of Wytham Abbey, who in 1924 gave the site to Oxford University, on trusts to preserve the ruins for the … c. 1535 caused the abbey's 'neighbours', presumably from Oxford, to make a 2-mile detour to reach the abbey. 53 In …