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A History of the County of Stafford
… of Burton, Burton Extra, Branston, Horninglow, Stretton, and Winshill. A borough was established in Burton township in the Middle Ages, and Burton Extra is so called because it was that part of the … rises steadily to 414 ft. (122 m.) near the point where Ashby Road passes into Bretby (Derb.). Burton from the east …
A History of the County of Stafford
… into Burton. 12 Wells A 'common well' mentioned in 1632 and a 'common pump' mentioned in 1770 may also have been in … it from private wells. 14 The water was generally hard, and soft water from wells such as one at Bond End Farm had a … Derbyshire district council in 1975 in Geary Lane, off Ashby Road in Bretby (Derb.). 15 STREET MAINTENANCE Paving In …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Social and cultural activities SPORT Blood Sports The town crier … the author of The Cocker, a manual on game cocks, 13 and mains of cocks were held during race week in the 1820s. … 1938, the lodge moved to Ashfield House, a masonic hall in Ashby Road, in Winshill, but from 1940 it met in part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish is situated on the road from York to Hull, and comprises 4208 a. 20 p., of which about 170 acres are woods and plantations; of the rest two-thirds are arable, and … line of the Roman Watling-street, and intersected by the Ashby-de-laZouch canal. It comprises by admeasurement 1335 …
Survey of London
… John Jeffreys Pratt, who became Marquess Camden in 1812 and died in 1840. Pratt, Marquess Camden The process of the … Mother Red Cap) where Kentish Town Road bears to the right and where now Camden Road makes a fresh junction. From east … Penfold 1903 Francis Wilfrid Osborn 1927 Edmund Douglas Merritt 1935 Vacant 1936 Norman de Langdale St. Michael's, …
Old and New London
… into the receptive hands of Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, and at his execution an annuity from the manor was bestowed … history of Elizabeth's reign. Sir John was an alderman and clothworker of London, sheriff in 15834, and Lord Mayor … the fact preserved among the family paintings at Castle Ashby, a seat of the Comptons, in Northamptonshire. An old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Canons Ashby 14 CANONS ASHBY (OS 1: 10000 a SP 55 SE, b SP 54 NE) The parish occupies some 750 hectares and is bounded on the E. and S. sides by a small tributary which runs W. to the R. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… miles (S. S. E.) from Worksop; containing 193 inhabitants, and comprising 1516 acres. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor, and sole owner, with the exception of about 40 acres which … The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Ashby united, valued in the king's books at 9; net income, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Willey, union and county of Bedford, 1 mile (S.) from Harrold; containing … the Hon. G. R. Trevor. The tithes were commuted for land and money payments in 1805. The church contains a tablet on … 282 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. The Ashby canal crosses the south-west angle of the chapelry. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… or LAKE obtained from COCHINEAL, used as a WATER COLOUR (and less often as an OIL COLOUR), food colourant and as a COSMETIC. The term began to be used occasionally for … the growing of rice in that area was introduced by a Mr Ashby, who 'was encourag'd to send a hundred pound bag full …