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A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 … of wealthier merchants, manufacturers and minor gentry for university. Despite early success, which attracted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … spearhead found south of the town, and Iron-Age and Roman coins, 9 but except for a possible fortified Iron Age site at Newland just over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … workers, and others including a cow-keeper and a traction-engine driver. Occupants of Buswells Row had similar jobs, … by the Earlys. 168 John Early acquired a portable steam engine in 1854 and may have introduced steam-powered looms in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … besides regular payments for maintenance of a fire-engine. 84 The vestry elected collectors of the poor for the … 24 'new buckets'. 306 The town presumably had a fire engine by 1772, when a lease of the bailiffs' house mentioned …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … and the Salutation of the Virgin. A few years since, coins of the Emperors Constantine, Valentinianus, and others … king's books at 15. 8. 6.; the tithes have been commuted for 730; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home … more ancient building; and a variety of Roman and Saxon coins was found, together with some Nuremberg counters, used …
A History of the County of Essex
… small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … 19 By 1524, however, the number of persons assessed for subsidy was the third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 … of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land near Wivenhoe …
A History of the County of Essex
… higher. 50 In the 16th century bequests were often made for relieving the poor, 51 and weekly collections are … chairman retained limited powers. 78 PUBLIC SERVICES. An engine which may have been a parish fire engine attended a fire in 1774. 79 In 1904 the urban district …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is notable for the large number of prehistoric and Roman sites. The most … pottery, including samian, painted wall-plaster, three coins, a small bronze bell, an iron lock, pieces of baked … pit alignments, parallel and close together, and visible for 600 m. from SP 88186241 to 88656262. From this (at SP …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who, after a judicial combat at Salisbury, was executed for high treason, was lord of the principal part of this … of the Duke of Beaufort: the tithes have been commuted for 327. 12.; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe … patron, the Rev. W. W. Dickens: the tithes were commuted for land and annual money payments in 1788. The church is a …