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Survey of London
… for economy to combine the functions of schoolroom and church, the aisleless little nave (34ft by 17ft) was shut off … only. 163 Superseded in 18734 by St Edmund's Church in Westferry Road, the chapel was still standing, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 786; patron and incumbent, the Rev. W. E. Lord. The church, partly in the early and partly in the decorated … corn-rents, under acts of inclosure in 1780 and 1796. The church is a handsome structure in the ancient English style, … VI. The stalls belonging to the monks are still in the church. Northington (St. John) NORTHINGTON ( St. John), a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Northmoor Church CHURCH. A dispute over parochial rights in Northmoor between Reading abbey, owner of Stanton Harcourt church, and the abbey of St. Denis in Paris, whose church of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fields from an early date. Northmoor's West (later Church) and East fields, both north of the village, were … were apparently consolidated blocks of arable nearby in Church field. 90 In 1666 the lord, Edward Twyford, secured … 17th-century additions, included a mansion house (later Church Farm) and c. 80 a. of arable and meadow, to which 53 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the earlier 17th century children were taught in the church. 4 There was no school from the earlier 18th century … by 1831 housed in the incumbent's cottages north of the church, which were refitted as a schoolroom and mistress's … Educ. Enq. Abstract, H.C. 62, p. 750 (1835), xlii; above, church. O.R.O., T/SL 38i, p. 1; ibid. MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 1913, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 12th century Northmoor formed a single estate with its own church, 50 and, notwithstanding Bampton's persistent claims, … and a predecessor of Chapel Lane, beginning opposite the church and running closely parallel to Dag Lane at its … Hythe road, on the south side of which stands the church, founded in the mid 12th century. 9 Thirteenth- and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… are known after 1712, though in 1741 trustees of the church house reserved the lord's right to hold courts leet … in the mid 16th their income included rent from the church house, later the Red Lion, and from nearby cottages, … left by Richard Lydall (d. 1721) towards upkeep of the church tower and bells. 76 The Red Lion was sold in 1908. 77 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Moreton farm (116 a.) in 1927 and c. 50 a. from Christ Church, Oxford, c. 1964, increased it to over 400 a. 14 … 25 Rectory Farm 26 lies immediately south-east of the church within a partly moated enclosure, evidently the site … 36 In 1686 the estate passed with Gaunt House to Christ Church, Oxford, which let much of it with Gaunt House farm; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… many 'Ranters' were said in 1834 to attend the parish church and even to take the sacrament, 92 relations at that … to the 50 and 60 respectively attending the parish church. 95 The curate in 1854 estimated that there were 12 or …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… (b)XV, N.E.) Northolt is a parish 5 m. E. of Uxbridge. The Church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1) Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate 1) stands towards the E. side of … in the 18th century. The South Porch was re-built and the church was restored in the 19th century. The Church, Plan …