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A History of the County of Somerset
… measured 8½ hides. Bridgwater manor, the largest, gelded for 5 hides but comprised 10 ploughlands. Two hides were in … by 8 teams, measured 3 hides. Horsey, next in size, gelded for 2 hides but comprised 7 ploughlands. Three virgates were … was shared equally between lord and tenants. Bower gelded for ½ hide with land for 3 teams; there was 1 on the demesne, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 2 bailiffs, 2 aletasters, 2 breadweighers, a janitor for each of the 4 town gates, and keepers or wardens of 12 … of the corporation took effective control of the Parrett navigation in 1845, and the corporation took over the market … to take water from the Durleigh brook by means of an 'engine or waterwork' and to convey it to a cistern to be …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the town, a building 'made round like a cockpit' with room for 400 people; the furniture, piled high in the Cornhill and … as a meeting house from which stones were carried in 1688 for the reconstruction of the mill dam. 23 The meeting house … being rebuilt at the time, and in 1689 it was licensed for worship as Christ Church. 24 An academy was established …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… built at the expense of H. Warburton, Esq., a late member for the borough. Seal of the New Corporation. The trade of … to various parts of the kingdom, by the Calder and Hebble navigation. The river Calder forms the southern boundary of … raised from the sea, to the height of 600 feet, by an engine, and conveyed through a tunnel excavated in the rock. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… jurisdiction enjoyed by the bishop of Worcester, for by 1221 the Bibury hundred manors had for other purposes been included in Brightwells Barrow … in 1287 16 and their court was also the frankpledge court for part of Eastleach Turville and, after the mid 13th …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Oxford B.Litt. 1936. A report on the sources available for an account of the life of Sir Henry Vane, junior, during … 15851603. C.G. Cruickshank. Oxford D.Phil. 1940. Supplies for the army and navy under Elizabeth, 15951603. F. Mitchell. … special reference to the formation of new corporations for the control of industry. F.J. Fisher. London M.A. 1931. …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Britain: 1660-1832 BRITAIN: 16001832 For items covering the period 160060 see above under 14851660 … Ellis. Wales M.A. 1949. Henry St. John and the struggle for the leadership of the Tory party, 170214. H.T. Dickinson. … Dickson. Oxford D.Phil. 1958. The operation of the English Navigation Acts during the 18th century. E.H. Rideout. …
History Theses 1901-1970
… 19th and 20th Centuries BRITAIN: 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES For items covering the period 180032 see above under 16001832 … J.E.C. Jenkins. London M.A. 1939. The geographical reasons for the growth of the population of south Staffordshire, east … B.Litt. 1930. The history of the development of the steam engine to the year 1850, with special reference to the work …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Ph.D. 1930. The responsibilities of employers and others for the maintenance and support of injured workmen and their … industry from the introduction of the use of the Dutch engine loom ( c. 1770) to the Cobden Commercial Treaty … in England, 17001839. W.I. Albert. London Ph.D. 1968. The navigation of the river Great Ouse, 1700- c. 1860. D.E. …
Survey of London
… houses in the street demolished in the 1870s to make way for Clerkenwell Road. Of the seventy-odd original houses ten … and at this end stabling and coach-houses were provided for the wealthier residents. To the south the houses were … postmodern house (No. 44) designed by Piers Gough for Janet Street-Porter. As well as Britton Street itself, …