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A History of the County of Oxford
… Domesday mill, 38 frequently the sign of an early fording place. A causeway there was repaired by the bailiff of … was turnpiked and the town became a popular stopping place for travellers on the 'great Irish road'. 49 The … the Middle Ages and later, 39 the town's role as a meeting place for the local gentry and aristocracy emerged more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… be chosen councillor until there were 17 residents in place and the repetition of that order in 1731 53 marked a … court house in the town's original large market place, but when first mentioned in the 15th century was … across the road to Mrs. Brotherton's parlour (no. 6 Market Place), which the council rented for meetings for several …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a mayor and other officers. 2 The name Woodstock (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal … of Marlborough. The history of the park, an extraparochial place later Blenheim parish, is treated separately below. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the government: 5 in 1830 he had failed to obtain a place from Lord Grey by offering his support and that of his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the township of Fenton, 1874 inhabitants. This place occupies the eastern declivity of the Cheviot hills; … It consists of several streets diverging from a market-place in the centre, is indifferently paved, and supplied … houses are mostly old, and the general appearance of the place is unfavourable; but the situation, though mountainous, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to provide a chapel, though not registered as a certified place of worship before 1852. It is thus a late 18th-century …
A Dictionary of London
… was seised of the capital messuage called "Worcester place" in the parish of St. James at Garlikehitlic 5 Ed. VI. … I. p.m. II. 27). Called " Worcester house " or " Worcester place " in 1613, when it was in possession of Matthew Paris … different tenements in Stow's time (S. 243). See Worcester Place. Worcester House On the west side of Walbrook at No.6 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and in 1289-90. 16 In the higher part of the parish the place-name Redding is common, Monks Redding occurring at … lighthouse to guide vessels past Guscar Rocks to a landing-place, which was apparently used for the shipment of iron ore … 4 d. to Aluredston manor in 1279, 22 with a landing-place from which deer-poachers in the Forest of Dean were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… brook from its source, near which there occurs the place-name Mereway Grove, to Wyvern Pond. A park belonging to … Common and Woodside. 32 The latest reference to the place-name, the first element of which is the personal name … brook at Twyford was recorded in 956. 59 That was the place from which Twyford Hundred was named, but the name was …