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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have … The environs are pleasant, being varied with hill and dale. Witney has long been celebrated for its manufacture of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … mile east of the village, romantically situated in Wensley dale, are the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, founded for monks of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … 5532 acres; the surface is diversified with hill and dale, and the soil is light, resting on red-sandstone, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of … earlier 19th century, probably by its owner John or James Dale, a builder and farmer. 10 The oldest surviving house in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … John's Coll. Mun., Computus Annuus, pp. 1, 9, 15; W. H. Stevenson and H. E. Salter, Early Hist. St. John's (O.H.S. N. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … G. A. Oxon. c 317/19, newspaper cuttings. For Kyte, W. H. Stevenson and H. E. Salter, Early Hist. St. John's Coll. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful education is not neglected' and in 1831 that … over will, O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 22, ff. 252-7. W. H. Stevenson and H. E. Salter, Early Hist. St. John's Coll. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … and as an unfree inhabitant. For Kyte see W. H. Stevenson and H. E. Salter, Early Hist. St. John's Coll. Oxf. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … 4806 inhabitants. It was anciently called Wolves-dale, from its abounding with wolves. The manufacture of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … 930 acres, and is beautifully situated amidst hill and dale; the air is salubrious, and mansions of the wealthy …