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Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society
TRANSACTIONS OF THE MONUMENTAL BRASS SOCIETY VOLUME XV, PART 3 1994 MONUMENTAL BRASS SOCIETY (Founded in 1887 as the Cambridge University Association of Brass Collectors) PRESIDENT M.W. Norris, B.A., M.Soc.Sc., Ph.D., F.S.A. VICE-PRESIDENTS C. Blair, O.B.E., M.A., F.S.A. Miss N. Briggs, M.A., F.S.A. John Coales, F.S.A. HON. SECRETARY H.M. Stuchfield, M.Inst.P. ACTING HON. TREASURER P.D. Cockerham, M.A., Vet.MB., M.R.C.V.S. HON. EDITOR J.F.A. Bertram, Cong. Orat., M.A., F.S.A. HON. ASSISTANT SECRETARY P.J. Whittemore HON. BULLETIN EDITOR L.A. Smith HON HERALDIC ADVISER Sir Colin Cole, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., T.D., F.S.A. KEEPER OF THE MILL STEPHENSON LIST J.C. Bayliss, B.A. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL G.G. Bradbury Mrs. A. Dowden, B.A. B.S.H. Egan S.J. Harris Miss M.A. Rigby N.J. Rogers, M.A., M.Litt. N.E. Saul, M.A., D.Phil, F.S.A., F.R. Hist Soc. Mrs. S.F. Sutton, F.S.A. Miss H.A. Wheeler All communications regarding membership, the general conditions of the Society, etc., to be addressed to the Hon. Secretary, W. Mendelsson, Esq., 57 Leeside Crescent, London NW11 0HA; editorial matter to the Hon. Editor, Fr. J.F.A. Bertram, C.O., M.A., F.S.A, The Oratory, 25 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HA, who will be pleased to supply Notes for Contributors and to discuss proposed articles. -
Finstock News | 2016 | April-May
Of the village, by the village, for the village April/May 2016 97 FinstockServing Finstock, Fawler, Wilcote, Mt.SkippettNews and Finstock Heath Events: New Village Hall; Music; events list ......2 Shop & PO; Charlbury; Health; Science �������� 8 Village hall: regular users & new clubs ..............3 Congratulations; Spring cleaning; NASA ......... 9 County; Bridewell Garden; broadband ............4 Brownies, Babies & Toddlers; Southill ........... 10 Small Ads; Poppy collection; Festival & Fête ....5 FoFS; ChOC; Walk to London ........................11 Conservation: Water conscious; Food waste ....6 Garden magic; Wine ......................................12 School; Foundation Stage Unit �������������������������7 e are fortunate to live in a small countryside village with crops in surrounding fields and livestock in residence. We have our own primary school for young children, a village shop and Post Office, plus a warm welcome at The Plough. Thanks to our roads, rail links and bus service we are not isolated from urban areas such as Witney, Oxford or London. WThe advantage that we have over larger towns and cities is the ability to come together as a village and build a new community centre. Our new Village Hall stands as a testament to community involvement. The number of volunteer hours contributed to this project is astounding. The money for a new building in the heart of Finstock was raised through the hard work of a few dedicated organizers and the generosity of villagers. A sense of community has opened the doors for everyone to become involved and contribute. The use of friendly, local builders enabled everyone to visit the site, ask questions and see progress as the building has been completed. -
Vol. 24, No. 1 Spring 2018
Green leaves The Journal of the Barbara Pym Society Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Spring 2018 “A few green leaves can make such a difference.” — Miss Grundy, A Few Green Leaves Report on the North American Conference, Cambridge MA, 17–18 March 2018 by Denise Marois-Wolf fter creating so many delightful excellent women, why The evening concluded with a singalong of ‘Land of Hope and A did Barbara Pym create the anti-excellent Leonora Glory’ and ‘Jerusalem’ with waving Union Jack. Eyre? Is Leonora redeemed, or even redeemable by the end of Saturday was filled with wonderful papers, food, The Sweet Dove Died? On whom did Pym base the character fellowship, and the opportunity to buy Pym-themed of James, and what are some of the hidden paraphernalia. The morning started with a codes that give us a clue to the characters’ true continental breakfast of bagels and coffee in intentions? the Austin Hall lobby, giving participants who More than a hundred Pymmites came to the hadn’t seen each other since last year a chance Barbara Pym Society’s 20th annual North to catch up before adjourning to the American Conference in Cambridge, auditorium, which was decorated with large, Massachusetts, braving the weather that was lavish bouquets of spring flowers. cold even for March. A recent storm that Dr Kym Brindle, one of four first-time swept the Northeast brought brisk winds and presenters, started the conference with a paper left snow piled up along streets and sidewalks. on the letters, impolite and otherwise, in TSDD Still, the turnout was good, with participants and Leonora’s obsessive need to surround coming all the way from the UK, Israel, Paris, herself with perfection, both in objects and Ontario, and across the United States. -
Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre
Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre Sharing environmental information in Berkshire and Oxfordshire Local Wildlife Sites in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire - 2018 This list includes Local Wildlife Sites. Please contact TVERC for information on: site location and boundary area (ha) designation date last survey date site description notable and protected habitats and species recorded on site Site Site Name District Parish Code 20A01 Old Gravel Pit near Little West Oxfordshire Little Faringdon Faringdon 20H01 The Bog West Oxfordshire Filkins and Broughton Poggs 20N01 Shilton Bradwell Grove Airfield West Oxfordshire Kencot 20S02 Manor Farm Meadow West Oxfordshire Crawley 20S09 Willow Meadows West Oxfordshire Alvescot 20T02 Carterton Grassland West Oxfordshire Carterton 21I01 Taynton Bushes West Oxfordshire Bruern 21I02 Tangley Woods West Oxfordshire Bruern 21L02 Burford Wet Grassland West Oxfordshire Fulbrook 21M01 Taynton Down Quarry West Oxfordshire Taynton 21M02/1 Dean Bottom West Oxfordshire Fulbrook 21S01 Widley Copse West Oxfordshire Swinbrook and Widford 21U01 Bruern Woods West Oxfordshire Bruern 21W01 Swinbrook Watercress Beds West Oxfordshire Swinbrook and Widford Valley 22X03 Meadow at Besbury Lane West Oxfordshire Churchill 23V01 Oakham Quarry West Oxfordshire Rollright 30D08 Huck's Copse West Oxfordshire Brize Norton 30K01/3 Shifford Chimney Meadows West Oxfordshire Aston Bampton and Shifford 30N01 Mouldens Wood and Davis West Oxfordshire Ducklington Copse 30N02 Barleypark Wood West Oxfordshire Ducklington 30S02 Home -
Roads Across the Upper Thames Valley
CONTENTS 7.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2 7.2 Ancient Routes through Abingdon .................................................................................. 2 7.3 Bridges on Roads through Abingdon ............................................................................... 3 7.3.1 Crossing The Ock ............................................................................................................... 3 7.3.2 Crossing The Thames ......................................................................................................... 4 7.3.3 The Bridges at Wallingford and Henley ............................................................................. 6 7.4 Pre-Turnpike Roads through Abingdon ........................................................................... 7 7.4.1 The Old Roads .................................................................................................................... 7 7.4.2 Road Maintenance .............................................................................................................. 8 7.5 Abingdon Turnpikes ........................................................................................................ 9 7.6 Henley, Dorchester and Abingdon Turnpike ................................................................... 9 7.6.1 Henley to Bix ..................................................................................................................... 10 -
Character Assessment Charlbury 2017 Area 2 – East by Christine Elliott
Charlbury Character Assessment Part 2: Area 2, East Contents: Area 2 historic features and wildlife, covering: Ditchley Rd Quarry Lane Ticknell Path Willow Walk and Sandford Slade Ditchley Road (consisting of two separate reports) Chartwell Drive, The Green, Jefferson’s Piece, Kendal Piece Hundley Way (Eastern Section) Hundley Way (Western Section) The Slade Ticknell Piece Rd Wychwood Close Crawborough Hill Close Character Assessment Charlbury 2017 Area 2 – East by Christine Elliott I’m particularly covering two aspects: (a) the historic features visible from the 1761 Thomas Pride map of Charlbury; and (b) characteristics relating to wildlife. Using the National Library of Scotland online old OS maps overlaying satellite images it is easy to see that the 1761 boundaries are still visible all over Charlbury. Drystone walls and old hedgerows are seen everywhere as boundaries of gardens, new housing developments, tracks, roads, and current fields. The major disruptors to the boundaries were the construction of the toll roads to Enstone, Burford, and Woodstock about 1800 and the railway line about 1850. The Green Riding from Five Ways to Stonesfield was upgraded and realigned up the valley bottom diagonally across fields towards Woodstock. Three tollgates were built, two remain at Enstone crossroads and Dyers Hill by the river, the third one, Baywell Gate, at Five Ways was demolished post-WWII with the realignment of the road to Witney. Grass verges along the north side of Woodstock Road and the two old hawthorn trees are remnants of the vegetation along the old Green Riding and would show interesting limestone flora if left uncut in June/July. -
The Roman Villa at Ditchley, Oxon
The Roman Villa at DitchleYt Oxon. By c. A. RALEGH RADFORD HE existence of Roman remains in Watts Wells Field South on the south T east side of Ditchley Park has been known to antiquaries for over a hundred years. This region, lying north and west of Woodstock, belonged in the Middle Ages to Wychwood, a royal forest of which Woodstock itself was once a part. A thirteenth century documentl shows that the boundary then followed the line of Grim's Dyke, a linear earthwork passing about half a mile north of the site. Even at that date the record of assarts shows that encroachment had already begun and Ditchley itself seems to have originated as a forest clear ing beside the Dyke.2 But much of the woodland survived until a late date and the area with which we are concerned probably remained uncultivated until the end of the eighteenth century, when Lodge Farm, a pleasing building in the contemporary Gothic style, was erected. Since3 there were several Roman villas in the neighbourhood, there has been some confusion in the accounts of them. Of the others, that at Callow Hill, one mile SE. of Watts Wells Field, on the Charlbury-Woodstock road, being surrounded by a ditch and close to Grim's Dyke, is the best known. Another, one mile NNW. of Watts Wells Field, in Pump (formerly' Roman') Copse, Kiddington, was recently discovered or re-discovered from the air by Major Allen. The records seem to mention a third, not now identifiable, in Ditchley Park, just north of the spring (Spurnell's Well) whence flows the stream which runs eastwards through a pond called Devil's Pool, and bounds the southern side of Watts Wells Field on its way to the River Glyme.4 1 H. -
Notes on Abingdon Bridges - Manfred Brod, Revised, with Additional Information from Roger Thomas and Jackie Smith
Notes on Abingdon Bridges - Manfred Brod, revised, with additional information from Roger Thomas and Jackie Smith The oldest Abingdon bridges were those crossing the River Ock. The stone-built Ock Bridge west of the town was on a main route by which travellers from the south or south-west could either proceed via Dry Sandford towards Hinksey or turn off and enter Abingdon by what is now Ock Street. The bridge was noted in about 1080, and in 1100 the new abbot, Faritius, arrived from Malmesbury by this route. A sort of suburb developed there, with a mill, the Hennor Mill, in existence by about 1200, a chapel dedicated to St Thomas presumably after Thomas à Becket’s canonization in 1173, and another one of St Mary Magdalen. In the 1290s, the merchants of Abingdon objected violently to a fair which the abbot had instituted, and this finally had to be moved to outside the town, on the far side of the Ock Bridge, which took it into the hundred of Sutton. St Helen’s Bridge spanned the Ock near its confluence with the Thames. It was mentioned in 1389 when someone was drowned while bathing near it, but may well have been much older. There was certainly a mill at that place by about 1180. But until the fifteenth century travel south- and eastwards across the Thames was difficult. There may at some time have been a wooden bridge of limited capacity at Abingdon and the river there may sometimes have been shallow enough to ford, but Andersey Island was liable to flood, and at Culham, where the Swift Ditch had also to be crossed, the ferryman’s charges were extortionate. -
Arrival of Autumn
I S S U E 1 1 NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2018 ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN News for all who enjoy the Thames Path INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Autumn 1 Autumn is with us, glowing on the trees and gusting round the corners Along the Trail 2 after a summer that was memorable for its long, long stretch of childhood hot dry weather. An easy autumn circular walk around Christchurch Mead- Events 4 ow shows off the spires and towers of Oxford; rowers and ducks along the Thames as it reaches Folly Bridge; a wonderful herd of Old English Longhorn What’s it 5 Worth? cattle and a majestic display of trees. This flood meadow enclosed by the rivers Cherwell and Thames is open to the public all year round. It is a site Trail Overview 6 long used for sport, recreation and leisure, was invaluable as a defence against the Parliamentarian forces in the Civil War, and was the location for Volunteer Tasks 7 the first balloon flight in England in 1784. A green, open space with splendid views, the Meadow offers a valuable refuge away from the city streets. Circular walk 8 Christchurch Meadow lies on the opposite side of the Thames Path by End notes 10 Folly Bridge, Oxford. The walk around it is just over a mile, but can take as many hours as you wish to complete it. V i si t : https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting -c h r i st - church/meadow follow @ntthames Thames Path National Trail Office, Speedwell House, Oxford, OX1 1NE Information:[email protected] T:01865 810224 Volunteers [email protected] T: 01865 810211 W www.nationaltrail.co.uk/thames-path/ P A G E 2 Along The Trail Along the Thames Path National Trail, the Oxford City widening and im- provement works are now entering their final stages, once complete the works will allow for a far safer and easier level of use with superb widths for both commuters and recreational users as the trail and its river winds its Along theTrail way through Oxford City and beyond. -
2002 Boundary Increase Nomination
NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register ofHistoric Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A " for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. VLR Listed: 6/12/2002 J Name of Prnpertf historic name Mirador (Boundary Increase) NRHP Listed: 5/22/2003 other names/site number VDHR file no. 02-0100 2, J,ncation street & number 7459 Mirador Farm Road NIA not for publication city or town Greenwood X vicinity state Virginia code VA county Albemarle code 003 zip code 22943 3, StatelEederaJ Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this .X nomination_ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property .X meets_ does not meet the National Register Criteria I recommend that this property be considered significant .X nationally_ statewide_ locally. -
The River Thames
THE THAMES THROUGH TIME The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Thames Valley in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods AD 1000–2000 The River Thames THE THAMES THROUGH TIME The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Thames Valley in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods AD 1000-2000 The River Thames By James Bond, Anne Dodd, Jill Hind and Trevor Rowley INTRODUCTION By AD 1000, the Thames was largely established along its modern course (Fig. 1). The character of the river and its immediate environs has been studied as part of numerous archaeological investigations in the valley (Booth et al . 2007; Lambrick et al . 2009; Morigi et al . 2011). By the time of Domesday Book, extensive areas along the river banks were cultivated as hay meadow, and detailed local archaeological studies suggest that this could have begun as early as the 8th or 9th century (eg Booth et al . 2007, 331–6). In places, earlier channels silted up as the alluvium left behind by seasonal floods heightened, extending old river islands and creating new ones. There is abundant evidence for human intervention in these processes from the late Saxon period onwards, with the dumping of soil and refuse at the water-edge to raise the ground level, infill unwanted channels and extend habitable land. The cutting and stabilisation of these channels provided water for milling, industrial processes and navigation. Between AD 1000 and 2000, the Thames provided a wide range of resources to local inhabitants. It was an indispensable source of water for brewing, washing, irrigation and industry; it was the chief drain and sewer of the region, carrying away human and industrial waste; it provided power for mills; it was a source of fish and wildfowl, and of reeds, rushes and willow for flooring and wickerwork; and, it was a highway for transport between the west, the midlands and the port and capital city of London. -
Otter Report January 2015
The past and present status of the European Otter, Lutra lutra , in the vicinity of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. January 2015 Bob Eeles 1, Roger Wiggins and Richard Harrison, with a contribution from Graham Bateman. An Otter, Lutra lutra , swimming upstream in daylight through Yellow water lilies, Nuphar lutea , along the river Ock to the west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on the 9 th June 2011. © Richard Harrison. 1 5 Mullard Way, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DT, 07548772135, [email protected] 1 CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction. 3 1.1 Historical records. 4 1.2 An absence of Pleistocene records (243,000 years before present until 40,000 years ago). 4 1.3 Post-glacial records (Bronze-Age until 1956). 4 1.4 Field signs (post-1956 records). 10 1.4.1 Spraints. 10 1.4.2 Footprints. 14 1.4.3 Sightings. 14 1.4.4 Fish predation. 14 1.4.5 The Pumney mussel ‘midden’. 16 1.4.6 Holts. 17 1.4.7 Couches. 17 1.5 Distribution maps. 17 1.6 The river Ock. 18 1.7 The Swiftditch. 21 1.8 Gravel pits. 23 1.9 Minor watercourses. 23 1.10 The main Thames channels. 23 1.11 Surveys of Otters on the Thames conducted by the EA and their predecessors. 24 2.0 Discussion and conclusions. 25 3.0 A report by Roger Wiggins. 26 4.0 A report by Richard Harrison. 31 Appendix 1: Historical and recent Otter records by various observers around Abingdon, Oxfordshire. 35 Appendix 2: Unverified Otter reports. 47 Appendix 3: Dates when sites were visited in the recent past when no Otter spraints or other field signs were found.