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A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … Eng. Country Houses (2nd edn 1875), pl. 60. Datestone; cf. Lewis's Topog. Dict. Eng. (1840), giving 1828; Pevsner, Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … and successful ministries, among them that of Arthur Lewis (19227) and G. S. Auty (193853). Church membership …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… THE POOR. Wombridge. One pound a year from James Rushbury's legacy (1718) to the church was to be devoted to the poor of Wombridge. In the later 18th century 16 s. was paid out … charity's income was £14. The charity of William Slaney Lewis, established in 1888, yielded £3 in 1975, spent on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. Priorslee probably grew up beside … of a road running south-west from Watling Street at Pain's Lane to join it at Snedshill, the limit of the improvement … 251. Trinder, Ind. Rev. Salop. (1981), 31, 72; M. J. T. Lewis, Early Wooden Rlys. (1970), 240, 273-4. Trinder, op. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part of the … by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … purchaser. 152 In 1840 the owner of Ray House was Thomas Lewis 153 and in 1876 G. T. Benton. 154 Ray House was rebuilt …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … de Swinfield (Camd. Soc. 1st ser. lix), 62. Ex inf. Mr. D. Lewis, of Ferry Farm. Badminton Mun. 104.1.11. MacDermot, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, only the … to hold services in 1832. The first minister was Lewis West (1832-70) who drew congregations of up to 200 … cement-rendered, with a small bellcot. 97 The minister's residence is attached. There is a burial ground, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … the king's books at 8. 15. 10.; net income, 155; patron, Lewis Buck, Esq. In the parish are the ruins of a castellated …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… (1618) To the right honourable Sir John Crooke knight one of the Kinges majesties justices of assizes and gayle deliverye for the countye of Worcester. The humble peticion of William Lyes. Most …