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A History of the County of Oxford
… by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or … probably the site across Godstow bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was … in Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), facing p. 346; ibid. MS. Gough Maps 26, between pp. 64 & 65; ibid. MS. Top. Oxon. b …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … MS. Top. Oxon. a 69, nos. 620-2; b 90, nos. 29-30; MS. Gough Maps 26, f. 56v.; MS. Top. Gen. a 11, nos. 565-6; B.L. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … the stables were turned into a cottage row known as Church Alley, demolished c. 1870; the site, given to the church in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … Stodmare Lane perhaps the present Hensington Road or an alley, later blocked, on the east side of Oxford Street. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … race courses are marked on a map of pk. c. 1710, Bodl. Gough Maps 26, f. 50v., reproduced in D. Green, Blenheim …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on … a square base from an angle of the cloister arcade. The alley paving was taken to Lulworth castle (Hutchins 1st edn. …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. … R. Ed. III. 1341-3, p.64). "Woolwharf" or Customers quay "(S. 44), 1603. First Custom House occupied this site. Now … ed. 1720, I. iii. 23). No later reference. Woolpack Alley See Cutler Street. Woolpack Inn On the east side of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … (d. c. 1148) and between c. 1148 and 1155 by the latter's son Richard (d. 1176). 10 The manor was held by Tintern … the expiry of a lease from the abbot of Tintern to William Gough (d. 1551) and his son William (d. before 1551). 13 In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … and Oxford meet, is a small earthwork, supposed by Gough to be of British construction; and there are traces of …