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A History of the County of Sussex
… to Albourne and Poynings parishes. 52 Woodmancote ancient parish, with which this article deals, was roughly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to one another. Shortes House, in the parish; is a very ancient building with curiously-carved wainscoting. The … with a good house, erected in 1839. The church is an ancient structure in the decorated English style, with a … The principal entrance was on the west, where is still an ancient staircase, and in the southeast corner is another, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'where Chaucer dwelt and sung'. 77 The survivals of the ancient house were incorporated in a malthouse, a range … 78 partly preserved in the surviving barn, which has ancient timbers set in the wall and a re-used 14th-century … original doors and sashes. 47. No. 20 High Street (The Ancient House) The house was occupied in the 17th century and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the rectory house charity, and in 1949 the corporation's ancient trusteeship was ignored when the house was conveyed … was made to a curate's salary of £6 by composition and ancient custom. 79 In 1540, however, the rector was failing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bench' there for corn and cheese sellers in 1713. 79 The 'ancient market place for butchers' on the north side had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The licensing justices usually distinguished five or six 'ancient inns' from common alehouses, of which there were c. … from the mid 16th century; he probably built the surviving Ancient House (no. 20 High Street). 39 The vintners William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bower. 33 The town's claim in the early 19th century to an ancient right to Whitsuntide timber from Wychwood forest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were … chapel's administration. 94 The charter of 1453 confirmed ancient liberties and customs, and probably much that was … the corporation probably possessed little besides its ancient guild hall; 1 the 15th-century rents in its earliest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had decided that the franchise lay with the council, and 'ancient men' claimed that freemen never voted until the … 317 voters; there were only 76 householders in the ancient borough, 165 in the added rural area, and 76 freemen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Salisbury, with a net income of 80. The church is an ancient structure, partly Norman, and partly in the early … in a very sequestered spot; in the chancel window is some ancient stained glass, from the priory of Mottesfont, in … portions of the structure are considered to be much more ancient. There is some fine screen-work across the nave and …