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A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … difficulties: emigration to Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, and America was mentioned throughout the period, and in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … by a procession of tuckers on foot and by a disparate band of musicians and drummers. The town bailiffs, … promoted by employers and churchmen, perhaps partly in the hope of ending the rowdy and anarchic games popular at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … and in 1877 when Church of England and Wesleyan Bands of Hope set up in opposition. 125 Nevertheless, relations were … restored in 1867, comprising three cusped niches over a band of quatrefoiled panels. Parts of smashed images found …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … in 1877 provoking the Wesleyans into setting up a rival Band of Hope. 32 Most such disputes were nevertheless solved …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The church, Wivenhoe Hall and the house (6) … completely covered with elaborate pargeting with a running band of foliage at the base and large panels of foliage and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it … small pocket south of Wivenhoe lodge in the north-west. A band of London clay is exposed along the Colne valley, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… at Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian … 77 Under the min- istry of W. F. Tyler (1883-1927) a Band of Hope met, there were men's bible classes and prayer meetings, …
Survey of London
… LXXIIWOBURN LODGE, UPPER WOBURN PLACE Immediately south of St. Pancras Church, on the east side of Upper Woburn Place, stood Woburn Lodge, a stuccoed house … between two elliptically-curved bays. A broad moulded band surrounded the building at first-floor level and a deep …
Survey of London
… DUKE'S ROAD (formerly Woburn Buildings) From the east side of Woburn Place, Thomas Cubitt erected a little street of shops which turned at right angles northwards to Euston … where the houses joined. A plain coping over a projecting band was used as the finish to the parapet with scroll …