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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Oxford; containing 470 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … Mary, relict of the Rev. Dr. Barker, vicar of Adderbury, Oxford, 1760; Lieut. Thomas Sanders of the Royal Artillery, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of … house; patrons, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national … in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Woodstock; containing 1129 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. … roofed with thatch or stone slate. The opening of the Oxford canal in the late 18th century led to increased use of … to provide homes for people employed in Banbury and Oxford. The extent to which such development was encouraged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided between 15 ancient parishes and several extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying … at Woodstock and Eynsham, others to those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest of Wychwood …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon … to St. John's College, Cambridge, and Brasenose College, Oxford: 37 the first presentation after 1692 was by St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … of 1000 dragoons, and accompanied by the train-bands from Oxford, and a detachment of the troops under Lord Say, … store of provisions and supplies which had been sent from Oxford for the king's use, and a considerable quantity of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester … Stockwell Street. The walls are of local Oxfordshire stone and the roofs are slate-covered. Gloucester College was …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… 1203 (Innocent III, Cal. Letters no. 472). Sampson Can. and treas. of Bayeux, and king's chapl. (Will. Malmesbury, … Dean of Rouen ( Ann. Tewkes. p. 55) and archdcn. of Oxford (Lincoln dioc.). El. possibly Jan. 1196, certainly … of Norwich (1200-14) ( Cart. Oseney, ed. H. E. Salter iv (Oxford Hist. Soc. xcvii) 332). Silvester of Evesham 1 Prior …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few months … the cathedral clergy of Worcester came overwhelmingly from Oxford University. The link with this university was further … Margaret Professorship of Divinity. Like the University of Oxford, the city of Worcester ('the faithful city') and the …