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A History of the County of Oxford
… The 100-ft. gravels may be traced also over the slopes to Church Handborough: but when they were abandoned the river …
A History of the County of Chester
… The city was probably the scene of a synod of the British Church shortly after 600, and just to the south there seems to have been an early mother church at Eccleston. Further south was the great monastery of … century may therefore have something to commend it. The church's extramural site, its close association with the …
A History of the County of Chester
A History of the County of Chester
… other things, for the crier and the chimes at St. Peter's church. 13 Even before 1600 the funds of both were …
A History of the County of Chester
… confined to a few goldsmiths who produced domestic and church plate, the busy heraldic painters, and above all … and Identity in Chester Parishes, 1540-1640', Parish, Church, and People: Local Studies in Lay Religion, 1350-1750, …
A History of the County of Chester
… with tanneries in Foregate Street and between St. John's church and the river, remained buoyant, 8 and there was … of ceremonial continued, such as civic processions to church services and occasional beatings of the bounds. 7 … accommodated assembly rooms, which as 'Mr. Eaton's Great Room' gave space in the 1750s for such diversions as rope …
A History of the County of Chester
A History of the County of Chester
… a well endowed college, became a rather poor parish church, while Holy Trinity, where many leading citizens … (1554-5) and Cuthbert Scott (1556-9), reorganized the church courts to revitalize Catholic worship throughout the … undone, sometimes reluctantly. 14 The heavy cost of making church buildings suitable for protestant worship hampered the …
A History of the County of Chester
… was preached in the south transept (St. Oswald's parish church), to avoid having simultaneous sermons there and in … choir. 18 The chapter remained a stronghold of the High Church in the earlier 18th century, 19 apprehensive when … 1756, and Holy Trinity in 1750 and 1761) 8 suggests that church attendance rose at least in line with the gradual …
A History of the County of Chester
… 11 Immediately the besiegers began to use St. John's church tower as an observation post and stationed a battery … Quakers made enemies by haranguing citizens, disturbing church services, and mocking those in authority. The … 1650s there were signs of returning sympathies for the Church of England. Rogationtide was again being observed at …