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A History of the County of Shropshire
… to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading … the road from Watling Street to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 … Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 parts for commercial vehicles were the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It was less useful in its crude form, as one diarist found to his cost when … opposed to WORSTED. There were many varieties, including COTTON, DOZENS, FLANNEL, KERSEY and STRAITS, but the most … the most highly scrutinised by the authorities, with the manufacture of many, if not all, types regulated. For …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … April, 1688; father of Edward 1693, and Michael 1692. See Cotton's Fasti Ecc. Hib. ii. 101. [ 30] Worth, John s. John, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the … church, also forms a pleasing object in the landscape. The manufacture of woollen-cloths is carried on extensively; in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Until inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The … 70 62 12 1 Horseracing 0 0 38 41 Retail, trade, and manufacture 18 25 17 26 Domestic service 9 9 28 20 Railway 0 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the Middle Ages the manors in Woodditton were Ditton Camoys, … 81 The Bruyns apparently sold it before 1448 to William Cotton, 82 who also bought Cheveley from them in 1450. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … fluctuating, is carried on to a considerable extent. The manufacture of various articles of fine steel has very much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They … three houses and a shop, including a workshop used for the manufacture of ochre. 29 No. 72 contains 17th-century …