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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester - Woodgreen Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of … the antiquities that have been found are, foundations and ruins of buildings, fragments of statues, stags' horns, … style by the rector, the Rev. Joshua King, M.A., at his own expense. The east and west windows are of richly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… CHURCH. A priest was recorded at Woodchester in 896 51 and architectural evidence shows that there was a church … least 1552, 73 was non-resident during the later years of his incumbency 74 and the parish was served by curates. 75 … curate at Stroud. 84 The ancient parish church of ST. MARY 85 stood at the northern extremity of the parish and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … had possibly been worked by Ann's husband Nathaniel and his father Richard, and it subsequently descended with the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Education EDUCATION. St. Loe charity school, founded in 1699 to teach boys from Woodchester parish and Rodborough tithing in Minchinhampton parish, is treated … to c. £40 a year, was devoted solely to apprenticing, the St. Loe charity being considered sufficient for schooling. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 … granted a life-interest in the estate to Ethelwald and his son Ahlmund. 45 The bishop no longer owned an estate in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's … and to Cambridge in 1851, and was extended east to Bury St. Edmunds in 1854. The nearest stations to Saxon Street and … support. The meeting foundered in 1905, three years after his death, 54 though a training course for hurdlers remained …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… found. 90 Lord Gorges's almshouse charity in Stetchworth and Derisley's charity in Kirtling made some provision for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1540. Presentations were made by the Crown in 1342-3 and 1370, and (under royal grant) by Mary (née de Brewes), … bought the patronage from the Cheveley estate in 1920; his son John, duke of Sutherland, retained it in 1987 when … 37 In 1717 the vicar was presented to Newmarket St. Mary (Suff.), holding both until his death in 1752, 38 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal … 1807), rightly called 'opulent', lost £8,000 in corn when his stackyard burnt down in 1800. 39 Lord George Manners of … year from either 1 August (Lammas grounds) or 29 August (St. John's grounds) until 1 November, then only for the lord …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was exercised by the lords of the three ancient manors and by the prior of Thetford, who with Ralph de Camoys also claimed the assize of bread and of ale in 1276. 97 The honor of Richmond's free tenants … 237v.-239; PROB 11/48, f. 28 and v. Char. Don. i. 88-9; 31 st Rep. Com. Char. 97; C.R.O., P 55/1/4, p. 77; P 55/26/2, …