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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 250 persons are employed in silk-throwing. The market is on Saturday; the fairs are on April 23rd, and Sept. 17th. The townhall, a spacious … the rest chiefly arable; it is partly bounded by the river Avon on the north. The living is a perpetual curacy; net …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Amesbury. The parish is situated to the east of the river Avon, which is here crossed by a handsome iron bridge; and a … of which one is in the middle of the Avon, and the other on the open downs to the south-east; and about a mile higher … and Bramcott, 1831 inhabitants. The parish is traversed on the north by the road from Nuneaton to Lutterworth, and on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… settlements in the Vale of Pewsey; Durley was planted on downland which was probably part of Burbage's land until … was inclosed in 1703, and was converted to farmland, lay on Durley's land or the forest's, 27 and the parish, to which … The river Bourne and head streams of the Christchurch Avon rise on the greensand, and there are low points at c. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 334 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the river Severn, by which it is bounded on the east, and which, on the opposite bank, receives the waters of the Avon, a little above Tewkesbury, in the county of Gloucester. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… of Sandon Hall, Staffs. to Cable Cabt. Maker of 13 1s on 30 July 1766 and 9 7s on 15 January 1776, in the latter instance for a Table for M. … cm and u (1839). [D] Cooper, George, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks. (1759). Mulberry wood tea caddy commemorating …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… tanner, mar (B) Anne, wid of Thomas ABRAHALL (4) Employed on work at the Tower of London goods and services cost £500 … Charles Ald Lime Street, Nov 1687-3 Oct 1688 superseded on the restoration of the Charter (1) Great St Helen, 1677, … Vere pr, 17 Nov 1691 f William Chandler of Stratford on Avon, Warw, gent, mar (A) Elizabeth, da of Richard GLYD, (B) …
Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls
… defendants appeared and admitted that they had sued Adam on a contract between him and John, a cooper of London … pertaining to the King, and thereon they put themselves on their country ( patria) 2. The Serjeant was ordered to … and points out that the cattlemarket at Stratford-on-Avon is called "Rother Market." Calendar of Letter Book I, p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (N. N. W.) from Salisbury, and 87 (W. by S.) from London, on the road to Bath and Bristol; comprising the tythings of … supposed to have risen from the ruins of a Roman station on the opposite side of the river, near Studley, where … which, after passing through the town, falls into the Avon. It has been much improved under the auspices of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… specify the location of the school. A newly built house on the Green at Calne was bought and the free school, … before c. 1664 was demolished and a new school was built on its site. 68 In 1858 the school had 50-60 pupils and was … Mr. I. M. Slocombe, 11 Belcombe Place, Bradford on Avon. W.R.O., Chippenham tech. coll., Calne centre min. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne was a locally prominent settlement. 72 It stood on a large estate of the king and had an early church. 73 The dependence of their churches on Calne church, vestiges of such dependence, or other … Thames at Abingdon (Berks., later Oxon.) to the Kennet & Avon canal at Semington, was built between 1795 and 1810; by …