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A History of the County of Sussex
… was recorded in 1595, 86 and the place name Blackstone Street mentioned in 1558-9 indicates a nucleated settlement. … mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the broad street leading from Blackstone to Shoreham. 17 The modern …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… dug up within the limits of the borough; and the Akeman-street, an ancient Roman road, passes through the northern …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. Closes shown on the … sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a market gardening … house having been the W. tenement on the S. side of the street. Sir Guy Wolston gained possession of 17 tenements …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a hollow-way running N.E., perhaps the original village street, is about 3 ft. deep and 10 ft. to 12 ft. across. A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… note is based on those sources. 1. Nos. 8-12 Oxford Street Bought in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the … Pied Bull, 63 and remained so until acquired c. 1802 by Joseph Brooks, who opened a bank there in 1805. On his death … 68 In 1746 the house was described as lately rebuilt, and Joseph Brooks, lessee from c. 1769, added a bow window. 69 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house with a large close in Hollow Way (later Oxford Street), rebuilding it in 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 … of the poor. 85 The buildings survive as nos. 76-8 Oxford Street. 86 William Cornwell, alderman, by will proved 1552 charged his house in Copperyware Street with 6 s. 8 d. to be distributed to the poor in bread …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Marlborough was probably substantial. 23 His successor Joseph Bowles, rector 1840-7, quarrelled with the duke of … purposes. 36 He provided a church house (no. 11 Park Street), where there were clubs and a choir room, 37 and he … door and portico. To provide carriage access Alderman Joseph Brooks, churchwarden and organizer of the rebuilding, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south … remained difficult, requiring long causeways. 92 Park Street, running east from the park gate, may have been laid … The survey was arranged topographically and, although street names were lacking, some sequences of rents may be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a Bicester charity. 4 A Northampton dyer owned a High Street shop in 1500, 5 and in 1499 William Harcourt of … including costly clothes and books, and a later landlord Joseph Harris (d. 1635), mercer and alderman, left c. 125. 37 … by the 1820s there were three auctioneers in the town. 15 Joseph Brooks, mayor in 1794, was an attorney, agent to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property in Oxford Street (now nos. 8-12), 89 and the school probably opened … partly for the use of the school, 90 took over the Oxford Street houses and a rent charge of £8 a year from Childrey … school in the late 19th century and early 20th. 61 Joseph Bowles, rector 1840-7, raised subscriptions and …