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A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … 1588 by Dr. John Case, a native of Woodstock and fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, who transferred the loan from the … part of no. 12 Oxford Street which was occupied by Anthony Noble, curate and possibly schoolmaster. 96 It was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited … land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was recorded from the 1220s, and a hospital of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Mary Magdalene at Woodstock was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the … the principal officer, by then called mayor, was using his official seal even to authenticate land transactions … of the Woodstock property of the dissolved chantry of St. Mary, in return for a fee farm rent of 5 6 s. 8 d., of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents … allowed. 96 After the death of Francis Chamberlain in 1570 his successors as steward, Thomas Peniston and from 1573 Sir … entertainment. 95 In 1826 Lord Blandford and his cousin Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, unexpectedly defeated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. … doorway and windows. Thomas Meek, glover, registered his house for Wesleyan meetings in 1819 and remained steward …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women recusants were fined, and one or two recusants were reported from time to time … 51 By 1930, 52 when Woodstock formed part of the parish of St. Gregory and St. Augustine, Oxford, there were c. 60 Roman Catholics; some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with pottery, pins and human remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick … also under Fletton.) Ecclesiastical (2). Parish Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury stands on the S. side of Oundle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey - Woolos, St. Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in … (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … Abbey, founded in 1172, by Robert de Newburgh and Matilda his wife, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for monks of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … only a farm. The parish church, the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. …
A Dictionary of London
… ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. 1377 (Cal. L. Bk. H. pp.63 and 65). Other names: " Wollewharf," 1326 (Ct. H.W. I. 319). … See Stocks Market. Woolchurch, Woolchurchhawe See Mary (St.) Woolchurch. Wooley's Court North out of Maiden Lane, in … E p.232). Woolpack (The), Bow Lane The parsonage house for St. Mary le Bow in 1676 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 23). No …