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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was probably a church at Bisley in pre-Conquest times and 2 priests were recorded there in 1086. 85 One of the priests may have served a chapel of ease at one of the … rectory was being farmed at £30 in 1535. 11 The later history of the rectory estate is given above. 12 The vicar's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture In 1086 there were 10 servi and ancille and 4 ploughs on the demesne of the manor of Bisley. 18 In 1309 Tibbald de …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley Education EDUCATION. A part of the profits of the ancient endowment of parish lands held … agreed to pay £10 of their income to a schoolmaster 96 and between that year and 1704 five masters were licensed to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley Introduction BISLEY Bisley lies on the north side of the valley of the river Frome roughly equidistant from Gloucester and Cirencester. Although anciently the centre of a hundred … boy child, has gained wide currency. 20 Census, 1841. The history of Bisley given here was written in 1972. For the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In the later 14th and early 15th centuries courts for Bisley manor, recorded on … amounting to only 12 d. annually, were included in a survey of Bidfield manor in 1370. 58 A court was held for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Hugh d'Avranches, earl of Chester, held the large manor of Bisley, extended at 8 hides. It evidently …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… occupation has been recorded from imprecise locations in the parish. In 1850 'Roman brick' was found built into the Norman masonry of the church (ST 68206935), and pottery, coins and tesserae have come from the churchyard … shown by excavation to be mediaeval. 6 H. T. Ellacombe, History of the Parish of Bitton, II (1883), 267. TBGAS, XXIII …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Black Bourton Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons In the mid 13th century Black Bourton had two unnamed fields. 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Black Bourton Introduction BLACK BOURTON The small village of Black Bourton lies 14 miles (22.5 km) west of Oxford and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Witney, on gently rising … Mun., shelf B1, box marked '1901 schedule, bdle 12 cont.', survey and map of 1770 (no. 45); Sale Cat., Blenheim Estates, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT Manor Courts Courts for tenants of all three Black Bourton manors were held from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th centuries. Courts for … 17th century they dealt with maintenance of watercourses and once with a bastardy case, and copyhold grants continued …