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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Manors and other estates Manors and other estates Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the … parish. No vicarage was endowed before the Dissolution, and afterwards the benefice (if there was one) seems to have … published several books and pamphlets on the area's history, and was active in local government and the movement …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading … Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. Priorslee probably grew up beside …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1693 Robert Bromhall, LL. D., was licensed as deacon and schoolmaster in the parish. 49 By 1833 20 boys and 21 girls were attending … There were 318 pupils in 1981. 24 Throughout the school's history there was notable stability of staffing and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 289. Manor and Other Estates, p. 290. Economic History, p. 291. Local Government, p. 296. Public Services, … Nonconformity, p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. 12 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn …