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A History of the County of Oxford
… Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property in Oxford Street (now nos. 8-12), 89 and the school probably opened … partly for the use of the school, 90 took over the Oxford Street houses and a rent charge of £8 a year from Childrey … grammar school may have been on the site of no. 10 Oxford Street, where a former schoolhouse was rebuilt by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were found near the church in 1755 and an urn near Oxford Street in 1810. 11 The underlying rock is Oolitic limestone, … altered in the 13th century when the east side of Oxford Street was laid out. 18 In the 1580s there was a dispute over … the boundary near Starting Grove, east of the later Union Street, 19 and then and later there was uncertainty over the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Norths, and Hawkins all lived in large houses in Park Street, and Walker, the duke's agent and town clerk of … remained in use until the 1930s. 20 The redundant water tower on Hoggrove Hill, derelict in 1889, was converted into … Fire Office. 57 The vestry kept long ladders in the church tower in 1613, and bought more ladders and hooks in 1625 for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… challenge was averted only by a large outlay on debts and street paving. At a byelection on Wheate's death in 1721 his … 'the most shameful scenes ever remembered in Woodstock', a street riot involved the duke's three sons: Lord Blandford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, registered in that year; mobs, including soldiers, … and a chapel built on the site of a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists opened a Sunday school, and in 1831 … was built in 1824-5 on land on the west side of Oxford Street acquired by Daniel Evans, the Oxford builder. 69 There …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was opened in an outbuilding at Haddon House (no. 18 Park Street), owned by Mary, Lady Terry, and served by Jesuit …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… of side walls of the chancel, and the W. wall under the tower; the church has been subsequently enlarged in 1884 and … responds have attached half-columns. The W. wall under the tower is of pre-Conquest date and of rough rubble; in it is a … double-splay window also of rubble with a round head. The Tower is modern but incorporates old materials, including …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and partly in the early English style, with a massive tower; the pulpit hangings, though much decayed, are … On a circular mount near the town are the remains of a tower, apparently of Norman origin. There are also many … and the glebe contains 2 acres. The church has a western tower, crowned with a handsome cupola. Woolley WOOLLEY, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N. chapel and vestry, nave, N. and S. aisles and W. tower. The two middle arches of the N. arcade of the Nave are … of the N. wall since the aisle is so narrow; the West Tower was added at the same time. Much rebuilding was done by … Secular a(4) School and Schoolhouse, on W. side of High Street, with rubble and brick walls rendered in stucco and …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that … I. iii. 23). No later reference. Woolpack Alley See Cutler Street. Woolpack Inn On the east side of West Smithfield, … covered by Central Markets. Woolsack A tenement in Bread Street called "le Wolsacke," 4 Ed. VI. (L. and M. Ft of Fmes, …