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The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons sold it to the … and his Lady, Elizabeth, born Aug. 22, 1751. Mrs. Withers' school. Mrs. Anne Withers, in 1754, founded a girls' school, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national school is maintained by the rector. The rent of three acres, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was … opened fully in 1810. 6 A wharf, a lock, and a lock keeper's house were built immediately south of the village, and … was some rebuilding in the 18th century, and in the 19th a school and a nonconformist chapel were built, 19 but the main …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … is the ancient refectory of the monastery, now the King's school, in the decorated style, with some elegant windows, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… buildings of the college are the ranges of Camerae on the S. of the site built at various times in the 15th century and … till after 1786. The new N. Range with the Provost's Lodgings at the W. end was built between 1753 and 1776. In … of c. 1520, and ( b) an Agony in the Garden, of the School of Rubens, c. 1700. Worcester College The N. Range of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of land and a Bordar; and the Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's held the other half, with five acres of land, worth twelve … gules, a cross engrailed, and a canton arg. Fitz-Osbert's shield was gules, 3 bars gemelles or. [Pedigree of … of Lowestoft, for establishing an English and Grammar School there, for the benefit of poor children belonging to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford church to his college at Oxford, and his school at Ipswich. 46 On Wolsey's fall in 1529 the church reverted to the Crown, and in 1532 … 1254, but valued at £12 in 1291, and the vicarage at £7 13 s. 4 d. in 1535. 52 The glebe and tithes of the vicarage …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Poleghelegh which bordered Robert of Horkesley's wood in 1290, were probably assarts near the Little … increased from £4 to £6, while the value of the sokemen's holdings remained 40 s. 65 The parish was one of the poorer … 92 The farmers firmly opposed the vicar's idea to set up a school c. 1825, consider- ing it 'inexpedient to overeducate …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Education EDUCATION. A school was held in the workhouse in 1789. 8 In 1818 two small … when the senior children were transferred to St. Helena's Secondary school in Colchester. 16 It was granted Voluntary … on the roll. 18 A. D. Taylor, 'Wormingford St. Andrew's C. of E. Primary School', 1: copy in E.R.O. Digest Returns …