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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 … local clergy or fellows of Oxford colleges. William Laud, president of St. John's College and later archbishop of …
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 … nonconformist chapels, schools, a public station, and a railway station. The streets were repaved in the 1850s, and …
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 … burned outside their houses. 45 Failure to establish a railway link until 1890 adversely affected the town's … Woodstock glovers were condemned for their dependence on commission from London firms, which frequently left them …
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 … through Woodstock were carrying London travellers to the railway at Steventon (Berks.), and by 1852 coaches were …
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 … instituted by writ, and the borough was given its own commission of the peace, although it could not prosecute … in local services, and in 1889 approved the Woodstock Railway Co.'s plans for the station. 74 In the earlier 20th …
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 … been rebuilt. Broomhill Bridge, see Moreton, Monument (4). Railway Station, and Gatekeepers' Cottages at Bailey's Drove …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … and 38 a. of land; 63 in 1969 it was owned by the Forestry Commission. 64 During the 19th century much land was … Laurence was a contractor for the Avonmouth docks and railway. The lease expired in 1876 and the quarry went out of …
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 … of 1,110 in 1851, perhaps partly due to the presence of railway navvies in the district that year. The population …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … the distance is traversed in about ten minutes by the railway. Hulks are moored off Woolwich, for convicts whose …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … Greenwich to Gravesend are now under the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a …