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A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper … road on part of the east, small streams on part of the north, and field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for a congregation drawn mainly from the new housing in North Oxford. 68 In 1672 James Beckford's house was licensed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the modern Wolvercote-Wytham road, were excavated in 1959 north-west of a surviving wall. 34 Water was supplied by a … it for pedestrians; they led into the outer court, on the north side of which was a range of buildings, probably those … and associated buildings on the south. Part of the north-west tower of the church, perhaps of 13th-century date, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 176. 13. The church, with the exception of the tower and north wall, was rebuilt in 1795, and is picturesquely … Wonersh Park, his lordship's seat: at the east end of the north aisle is the family vault, in which is interred Judge … containing 283 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the north by the navigable river Bure, over which is a ferry. It …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… It seated 200. In 1824 a further brief was issued and north and south transepts, both with galleries, were added to … with south transept, an organ chamber and vestry on the north side, and north and south nave aisles. The church was also reseated, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the … Ketley Bank, in 1975-6, and to the Wombridge interchange north of the church in 1981. A ring road around the centre of … Charltons' Oakengates estate from the Horsepasture mines, north-east of the settlement, probably to a wharf on Watling …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the parish. That was probably the … a forge was built for the Wombridge Iron Co. a little way north of Wombridge church on the former site of Foster's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… perhaps to its full eventual extent and so including the north-eastern part of Ketley township. 92 In 1318 the Crown … on Watling Street where it was crossed by a stream flowing north from Hollinswood towards the priory and forming the … New Street, Leonard Street, and Slaney Street were built north of the existing main street. 16 In 1898 the town became …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it was extraparochial. 54 The priory stood less than 1 km. north of Watling Street, which bisected the ancient parish. … 3 km. southeast of Wombridge church, and is bounded to the north by Watling Street. 66 Oakengates U. D. And C. P. 1934- 66 The area here treated, extending c. 3 km. from north to south and c. 3 km. from east to west, lies near the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… opened one in Ketley Bank. There were no chapels on the north side of Oakengates town until 1868 when the Methodist …