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A History of the County of Oxford
… local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. 72 The extent of building activity in the late 16th … Oxon.' (Birm. Univ. Ph. D. thesis, 1981), 332-3. National school and in 1873 Benjamin Disraeli inspected schools and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was closely involved in the establishment of the grammar school, and in 1599 obtained a licence to hold in mortmain … paid a beadle of beggars and provided him with red and blue livery: his duties included whipping vagrants, … 93, pp. 3315. Cf. Oxon. Visit. (Harl. Soc. v), 195, 255; Coat of Arms, iii. 137. The tree stump is changed from gold …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists opened a Sunday school, and in 1831 there was a thriving Independent Sunday school lately separated from the Baptist chapel under the … 78 In 1859 a new chapel was opened in a former infants' school in Oxford Street, earlier the parochial workhouse, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a resident priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is quarried for building, and for the roads; the best is a blue lias, which is much esteemed. A cattle-fair is held on … Here are places of worship for Wesleyans; and a national school. Woolbeding WOOLBEDING, a parish, in the union and … and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. A school is endowed with 6 per annum. Woolland WOOLLAND, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… inscribed with the initials and date EW 1756. Secular a(4) School and Schoolhouse, on W. side of High Street, with … doorway and windows and is now used as a workshop. a(5) School and Schoolhouse, East Burton, 20 yds. N. of (2), with … year the lower rooms were opened as a Roman Catholic school; the upper room was used as a chapel. The school was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The interest at that date was paid for the use of the school, but it was proposed that it should in future again be …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of 100 and 200 respectively, and there were 73 Sunday school children. 43 At Aluredston c. 1255 Roger de Derneford, … Woolaston church. 72 In 1828 the income was used for the school, together with that from the ½ a., in 1969 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… paid regularly to a master in the years before a National school was founded at Gumstalls c. 1818. 2 The National school was supported from subscriptions but also received the … on Sundays; 40 children came from Alvington. The Sunday school had been temporarily discontinued for lack of funds in …