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A History of the County of Warwick
… the bishop. Also v copes, ii arkes, xiii sconses. An olde combe of yon, and iiii rede longe small staves for baners. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Church and given a life-interest in the large estate of Combe St. Nicholas which belonged to the see, and which … for the endowment of five canons, and the manor of Combe St. Nicholas, which had been granted to Reginald for … There was a considerable rearrangement also of the Combe St. Nicholas prebend. It had formed the endowment for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… structure. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Combe, with Westington COMBE, with Westington, a hamlet, in the parish of … Keviliock, Earl of Chester, to the abbey of Bordesley. Combe COMBE, a tything, in the parish of Wotton-underEdge, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Combe 16 COMBE (B.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XI, N.W.) Combe is a small parish on the W. border of the county 5 m. N.E. of Kington. Secular (1). Combe Farm, house and barn, towards the W. side of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Charities for the poor Charities for the poor A fund … gave in 1776 a rent charge of £6 6 s. on waste land at Combe, redeemed for £90 in 1973. 19 Charles Richardson, by … gave £100 in 1849 to buy bread or coal for the poor of Combe, 21 the charity being known locally thereafter as Mrs. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Church Church There was a church at Combe by c. 1141, when the Empress Maud granted it to Eynsham … and appropriated to Lincoln College, Oxford. 88 Thereafter Combe was served by chaplains, sometimes referred to as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Economic history Economic history No record has been found of the number and size of Combe's medieval fields. A survey of 1606, distinguishing … Acres, Harts Hole, Over field, and Abbots Pale. 36 In 1609 Combe's fields were said to comprise West field (194 a.), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Education Education Henry Sanders, a Baptist, kept a … 1940, when the new secondary school opened at Woodstock. Combe school became a controlled Church of England school in … 1983. St. Andrew's, a boys' day and boarding school was at Combe House for a few years after the Second World War. 13 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Introduction Combe Combe lies on the north bank of the river Evenlode 3 miles ( c. 5 km.) west of Woodstock, and includes, besides Combe village, the small hamlet of East End. 70 The parish is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe Local government Local goverment Profits of the manor … as did the customs enforced in the court, except that in Combe alone heriot was due from free land if it had meadow … usually acting also as mole catchers and crow keepers. Combe farmers used the court to regulate agriculture in the …