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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably established when the … Woodstock Manor; Blenheim, Pk. to 1705. Thos. Croft's arms, listed in Corpus Vitrearum, G.B. i, 217, seem to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … of plots were close to that width, notably the Marlborough Arms (52 ft. in the 18th century) 16 and some of its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts … later medieval inns, the George (later the Marlborough Arms), belonged in 1279 to one of the leading townsmen, Adam …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … including the principal coaching inns, the Marlborough Arms and the Bear, and the town's waterworks which they …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … be arrested as a villein. They were to choose a mayor and sergeant-at-mace, and the corporation, under the title of the … corporation's house next to the town hall, the Woodstock Arms. 3 In the 1830s he received small fees, a wage of 1 10 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a registered meeting, probably Baptist, at the house of Samuel Wise, an Old Woodstock farmer, but in 1738 the … meeting in Thomas Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, registered in that year; mobs, … soldiers, broke up the meeting and stoned Hinton out of town as a Jacobin. Hinton tried again in 1819 and was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. II S.E.). Woodstone is a parish on the S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). … fluted Ionic pilasters, entablature, an urn, cartouche-of-arms on apron. In churchyardon E. wall of S. transept, (2) to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the … a cup and cover-paten of 1571 and a paten of 1816. Royal Arms: In N. aisle, painted wooden panel, George III before …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the … and Woolaston Common, one called the 'Carpenter's Arms' probably dating from before 1863 and surviving until c. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. George stands near the middle of the parish. The walls … 1662. Chair (Plate 76): In vestrywith turned legs, shaped arms, panelled back with round arch and foliage, early …