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A History of the County of Oxford
… the estate was bought by George Owen and, apart from land near Port Meadow sold by Richard Owen in 1611 and 1613, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a serious flood in the mid 13th century the buildings near the Wolvercote-Wytham road were rebuilt on a slightly … and lay brothers recorded in the late 13th century. 41 Near the western end of the range was St. Thomas's chapel, … rebuilt; the well surrounded by a square wall which stood near the centre of the inclosure until the 1950s may have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… consecration cross: in stair-turretbuilt into the wall, near the top, carved grotesque face, possibly 12th-century: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… into ruins in 1760. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Near the church are some slight remains of a priory of Black … containing 426 inhabitants. It is situated in a valley, near the Kennet and Amesbury road, and comprises 1015 a. 3 r. … in shipbuilding; but both have declined. The Deben, near its mouth, forms the haven of Woodbridge, from which it …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by 1884 the latter had perhaps been exchanged for one near Oldbury (Worcs.). 15 It is not clear when in the 19th …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 2½-km. Ketley Canal linking Ketley ironworks with mines near Oakengates, and c. 1788 he built the 3-km. Wombridge Canal connecting mines near Wombridge church with the Donnington Wood furnaces and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a few deep pits were sunk around Priorslee village and near Lower Woodhouse Farm in the 19th century. 14 … was an iron mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards … the 19th century. The Lilleshall Co. opened the Lawn pit near Priorslee on land it had purchased in 1809; in 1841, at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… more council housing was built in Wrockwardine Wood, 46 near St. George's, 47 and at Snedshill. 48 Telford …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… from north to south and c. 3 km. from east to west, lies near the northern edge of the east Shropshire coalfield. … away towards the Weald Moors, to c. 75 metres above O.D. near Trench Pool. The location of the 'lake-ridge' referred …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to almost 2,000 people, and Hugh Bourne also preached near the town that year. Oakengates bull ring was regularly …