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A History of the County of Stafford
… Easter Book probably of the 1550s was 84. 2 The township's population in 1801 was 309, rising to 357 by 1821, falling … to 5,680 by 1921 and 6,222 by 1931. In 1951 the ward's population had increased only slightly to 6,279, but it was … a mains water supply and sewage system. 1 Former Winshill Institute (now Roman Catholic church), Mount Strefset, from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… held Sunday services in Abbot Beyne school. 17 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church was opened in the former Winshill Institute in Mount Street in 1967. 18 L.R.O., B/V/1/75, Burton; S. Palmer, Nonconformist's Memorial (1775), ii. 392: above, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a little wood. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 28, and in the gift of the Rev. T. F. R. Read, … wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Wakefield; containing 167 inhabitants. It … in the hundred of Amesbury, Salisbury and Amesbury, and S. divisions of Wilts; containing 838 inhabitants. East …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… date a gap 130 yards wide was made, probably at Abel's Gull. Parts of the country-side were flooded to a depth of … in a poor way, was the husband of Jane Pepys, the diarist's aunt. 10 The inn in which the diarist lodged was the Swan … was sold in 1944. It thereupon became a village hall and institute. 33 In 1952 the trustees of the institute sold the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the inclusion (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is … was let at 13 15 s. and provided for 8 men's coats and 2 women's gowns. Persons who had received parish relief during … Field. In 1837 this was let for 4 to provide gowns for women. Daniel Swaine at an unknown date gave a rentcharge on …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … In Leverington: the Marsh, Spitalfield, Thummins, Margerie's Croft, Farthing Field, Outnewlands, Fen Croft, Church … they should yearly 'new-clothe two poor men and two poor women on Christmas Day at the Town Hall and should allow each …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… electricity transmission line from Peterborough to King's Lynn. In 1839, out of a total of 2,771 acres of land in the … 1950. 97 The old school has been purchased by the Newton Women's Institute. By the M. of H. Prov. Orders Conf. (Ely, Holland …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … in 1868 and is still in use. 10 The Outwell Working Men's Institute at Outwell dates from 1891, though the building is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, … Flemish glass; on the north is the Mocking, the Women on their way to the Sepulchre, and the Harrowing of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … of their own, £50 given in small sums to 281 'poor men and women in want' and the remainder used to pay rates and taxes. …