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A History of the County of Oxford
… glebe house and supported by subscriptions, including £2 2 s. from Merton College, was attended by 101 children, and in … in 1831, with the assistance of Merton College, St. John's College, and the National Society, a new girls' schoolroom … Subscriptions, including £3 a year from Catherine Rawson's charity, and the children's pence, were insufficient to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then … the Red Lion, the Boot, and two called the Crown. The Blue Boy, later the Green Man and finally the White Hart in Lower …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was soon withdrawn. 56 Controversy raged over the board's intended school site at Ketley Bank, some ratepayers … 68 who served for thirty years, as did the committee's first secretary, R. L. Corbett. 69 The enrolment of 222 … 77 The Oakengates building accommodated the college's commerce and general studies department until 1972 78 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 … and thereafter at the other end of Oakengates in Owen's field. There were four fairs in 1850, and an annual funfair …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … operation. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Lord Ducie: the tithes have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… boys each year to read and write and apprenticing one boy. The capital sum of £500 was used to purchase land in the … The income was not fully used and a surplus of £342 3 s. 8 d. existed in 1828. 13 In 1834 a school was built by … buildings were erected and the school, called St. Dominic's, was placed on an established footing with 50 pupils. 24 …
The Environs of London
… free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, … and James II. 1715; and Rowland Beresford, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 1719. In the south aisle are the monuments of Drigue …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … the river valley the only inhabited buildings are at Druid's Lodge, in the north-west corner of the parish, and Chine …
A History of the County of Essex
… juvenile employment. It was thereupon agreed that no boy should be kept after the age of 14, that part-time … committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … quite uncommonly complete stretch' of them near St. Mary's church in South Woodford, 'some in generous gardens'. 62 At …