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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival Scrope Marling presented in 1931, … of 100 and 200 respectively, and there were 73 Sunday school children. 43 At Aluredston c. 1255 Roger de Derneford, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to teach nine poor boys, 1 and the Clayton charity of 40 s. a year was paid regularly to a master in the years before a National school was founded at Gumstalls c. 1818. 2 The National … of the formation of a school board, to which the school's management was transferred in 1874. Attendance rose from 85 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… cottages and a house which was the National school from c. 1818 to 1862, 22 there was a house by 1476. 23 … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … (d. c. 1148) and between c. 1148 and 1155 by the latter's son Richard (d. 1176). 10 The manor was held by Tintern … who in 1969 had a farm of 125 a. with a riding school. 93 HIGH WOOLASTON FARM belonged to the Hammond family …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1859 from the parish church. 90 In 1851 a morning Sunday school and afternoon and evening services were held, with … until c. 1939, but apart from a fortnightly Sunday school still held in 1969, there had then been no regular … cement-rendered, with a small bellcot. 97 The minister's residence is attached. There is a burial ground, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater … farm work. 7 In the 1890s parents took children out of school for blackberrying, keeping sheep, and harvesting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … At the extremity of the east quadrangle is a riding-school of elegant design, near which is a large brick …
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, …