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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … meetings were held quarterly. 43 From 1838 temporary sub-committees were sometimes appointed, and in 1877 a permanent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both … through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey in 1131. 91 Following a dispute with …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. … great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was granted by William I to William …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who had an estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, only the … a resident minister were attended by congregations of up to a hundred. 95 The chapel was still well attended until the …