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A History of the County of Oxford
… 90 George Eldridge (d. 1814) was steel jeweller to the queen; 91 he lived and worked at the large block of houses … accounted annually for tolls of between 2 and 3. 2 In 1565 Queen Elizabeth I granted an additional, Friday, market for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… I, imprisoned there in 1554-5, returned only four times as queen. 67 Risk of plague during royal visits caused royal … were reported there in July 1643 when the king and queen were in residence, apparently because of plague in Oxford, but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the garrison was reinforced late in 1643, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… he did so at least until Woodstock manor was granted to Queen Isabella in 1313. 88 Thereafter the royal manor was … owned at least two other houses in the town. 7 In 1565 the queen granted to the corporation the residue of the Woodstock … Hill in the early 19th century. 25 The house later the Queen's Own seems to have been sold c. 1818. 26 The whole …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and above it a small wooden bell-cote. The roof has six queen-post trusses with pendants. The S. porch (8 ft. by 8 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 'Duke's Head' until 1842; 93 in 1856 it was known as the 'Queen's Head', but from 1863 was called the Woolaston Inn. 94 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was granted by William I to William …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ejected for causing a nuisance. In 1887 to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee the parish rebuilt the dilapidated buildings …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… now used for storage. The Stable, N.E. of the house, has queen-post roof-trusses. b(3). The Court, house, on the N. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… constructed a royal dockyard here, which was enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, and has continued progressively to increase … 1830, they had the honour of entertaining William IV. and Queen Adelaide, on the king's visit to review the artillery. … defraying which 3000 were appropriated from the grant of Queen Anne for building fifty new churches, the remainder …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… a collection of painted glass including seated figure of Queen Elizabeth, square panel with figures of two … ceiling-beams and part of the roof, which has some queen-post trusses and wind-braces. The Bridge, over the E. …