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A Dictionary of London
… Wollewharf See Wool Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time … use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de Pulteneye and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and … See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, west of Chatham Place …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first … wardens by 1416. 32 Only one medieval chaplain is known, John of Kirkby whose visits to Godstow abbey were forbidden …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization is described … (39 ½ a.) being made to the lord of the manor, Sir John Walter. The meadow remained common from 21 September to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education There appears to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame … and in 1831, with the assistance of Merton College, St. John's College, and the National Society, a new girls' … 2 d. a week for each child, even when living on credit at the shop. 84 A school board was formed in 1874, but the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ … a Benedictine nunnery founded c. 1133 on land given by John of St. John, the lord of Wolvercote manor. 36 The site … was given to Godstow by Reynold of St. Valery c. 1166; at that date Wolvercote, Yarnton, and North Leigh seem to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in … early 12th century was held by Reynold of St. Valery and John of St. John. 62 About 1180 Reynold's son Bernard of St. … of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the Dissolution the estate was bought by George Owen and, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Richard Owen of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and his influence may have encouraged the eight … were reported in 1805, but they had no meeting place until John Ladson's cottage (later Nunnery Close) was licensed for … people' in the village. His followers attended the service at Ladson's house, or went to his chapel in Oxford. 71 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's … bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was granted to Henry VIII's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… E.N.E. of Stony Stratford, was re-built in 1815, except the two lower stages of the West Tower which are probably of … have marks suggesting that they were originally gabled at that height. The N. and S. arches are of the 14th century, … attic; the walls are of stone; the roof is tiled. At one end is a rectangular chimney stack of 17th-century brick. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. John Stockton, in 1839, left 10 per annum for the instruction … with that of Trysull annexed, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The …