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A History of the County of Stafford
… side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton. Later in the century middle-class houses were built along the Ashby …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of … (All Saints) WINTERINGHAM ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, N. division of the wapentake … estates were anciently held by the Marmions, one of whom, in the reign of Edward II., obtained a charter for a market …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching … the village to peat on clay at the extreme western end in the fen. With an area of about 6 square miles it is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Castle CASTLE The castle, not mentioned in Domesday Book, is traditionally said to have been first … but the original headquarters of the episcopal estate in Wisbech, from which the manor ultimately took its name, … dated evidence of episcopal tenure of the castle is in the vacancy of 1215-19, when it was entrusted in turn to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; it was replaced by the existing Sessions House and … the daily magistrates' court for the borough was held in the room over the butter market until the demolition of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The idea of concentrating Roman Catholic … and Banbury; the laymen were to be placed under guard in London. 48 In August 1580 the bishop was enjoined to put …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … a. The history of Newton Harcourt is treated separately in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the … on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to over 400 ft. in the south of the parish. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum (125156), also named … 1188. Roger, son and heir of Henry de Midhop, was living in 1290. The Chartulary or Coucher Book of Furness Abbey …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with … and agricultural occupations for around 10 per cent. 2 In the early 16th century Witney was a small but expanding …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WITNEY, c. 18001900 During the 19th century Witney was … 1 The blanket industry remained dominant, its success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the …