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... called the Port Street or Town Road ) probably ran through the gap along the gravel ridge , and , skirting St. Frideswide's on its western side , caine down to the ford near Folly Bridge . The legend of St. Frideswide implies that the ...
... called the Port Street or Town Road ) probably ran through the gap along the gravel ridge , and , skirting St. Frideswide's on its western side , caine down to the ford near Folly Bridge . The legend of St. Frideswide implies that the ...
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... called Carfax the four ways ) , at the highest point on the gravel bank ; and it became the nucleus round which the other parishes were formed . It is still the city church ; and there is evidence that the Portmannimot , or town council ...
... called Carfax the four ways ) , at the highest point on the gravel bank ; and it became the nucleus round which the other parishes were formed . It is still the city church ; and there is evidence that the Portmannimot , or town council ...
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... called Abbandun . ' The existence of a Hustings court at Oxford , as at York , Lincoln , and London , seems to imply a Danish element in the popu- lation , as does the name of an old church , Danesbourn , near one of the cross streams ...
... called Abbandun . ' The existence of a Hustings court at Oxford , as at York , Lincoln , and London , seems to imply a Danish element in the popu- lation , as does the name of an old church , Danesbourn , near one of the cross streams ...
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... called wall mansions because , if there is need and the king command it , they shall repair the wall . . . . All the burgesses of Oxeneford hold in common a pasture outside the wall that brings in six shillings and eight pence . . . If ...
... called wall mansions because , if there is need and the king command it , they shall repair the wall . . . . All the burgesses of Oxeneford hold in common a pasture outside the wall that brings in six shillings and eight pence . . . If ...
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... called Ouse - island , as if it was the only one . This is the story of the foundation of Oseney : - Robert and his English wife were childless , but in the next generation the castle was held by his nephew , the second Robert , whom we ...
... called Ouse - island , as if it was the only one . This is the story of the foundation of Oseney : - Robert and his English wife were childless , but in the next generation the castle was held by his nephew , the second Robert , whom we ...
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