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A History of the County of Oxford
… small streams on part of the north, and field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial area of Godstow (411 a.), … 34 and remained independent of St. Peter's and of Oxford for all but ecclesiastical purposes. The north and east … Upper Wolvercote is another late 19th-century terrace of workers' houses, slightly larger than those in the Rookery …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… still owed the Crown the 'king's rent' of £2 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in … a. and 10½ a. 64 In 1841 St. John C. Charlton gave a site for a benefice house, and there was one in 1851. 65 In 1884, … vicars of Wrockwardine, apparently served Wombridge for periods between 1743 and 1783. 70 C. R. Cameron, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… unrealistically low: a cottage rented from the estate for £2 was sublet for £6 10 s., and five cottages with a … while the Wombridge ones were brought directly under the control of the Charlton estate, administered by Thomas … had a reputation as a good pig market, and industrial workers sold their pigs direct to the pork butchers. About …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 tried in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where 250 children … chairman. 54 The National school was offered to the board for a nominal rent but the board rejected the managers' … High School; it was approved by the county council for minor scholarship holders and still existed in 1910. 61 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Oakengates in 1874. 16 The Priorslee District Association for the Prosecution of Felons, formed between 1879 and 1885, … 1817, having doubled since 1816. The number of immigrant workers in Wombridge led to numerous settlement disputes. 19 … whose boundaries crossed the town were responsible for sanitary affairs; highway repair; street lighting; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1808-56, resisted the nonconformists 25 and, save for the Wesleyan chapel at Ketley Bank, no nonconformist … town that year. Oakengates bull ring was regularly used for open-air preaching until Wrockwardine Wood chapel opened … resisting the chapel's siting in his parish. 29 A chapel for the Primitives was built on the south side of Market …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in market gardens around London would traditionally return for the wakes, some with dowries. 57 Horse and donkey races … was also an Oakengates Unionist Club. 70 A mechanics' institute was erected in 1855, 71 and in 1877 an Oakengates Literary Institute was meeting. 72 The Priorslee Institute was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was confined largely to fixing HINGEs, and rather later for securing the corner blocks in the seat frames of CHAIRs … Joseph Whitworth fifty years later, most screws were made for a specific job and there were few in the shops. The … is reflected in government legislation that attempted to control the processes of manufacture. A particular focus …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost immediately and continued into the 1990s, when, not for the first time, a further boundary extension was being … since in 1086 the western manor, Ditton Camoys, had land for 16 ploughteams but only 5 at work. 28 The c. 650 a. of … harvest celebrations, then called 'hawkies', for their workers. 12 The parish was late for the area in acquiring a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ditton Camoys in 1291 had 32 villeins each holding 15 a. for weekwork and other services, and free tenants and molmen … 100 per cent because of rounding. The field system allowed for variety and flexibility in the cereals grown in the … 1893, and 1901. 80 By 1961 there was 'quite an exodus' of workers travelling each day into Newmarket and by company …