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A History of the County of London
… reign of Henry II. The church had been granted to the dean and canons of St. Paul's by a certain Ranulf and Robert his son, who with a third person to be named by … of Holy Cross at Castle Hedingham; 40 but the spirit of unrest roused by the religious changes under Henry VIII seems …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke) BENSON The large and thriving village of Benson - by far the most populous … effects on smallholders and the poor. More populist unrest erupted in November 1830, when a crowd of several … seven to ten'. 26 Social conflict erupted during the Swing Riots of 1830, when several hundred labourers (some of them …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Berrick Salome BERRICK SALOME The small and relatively scattered village of Berrick Salome occupies … ground a mile or so north of Benson, its clunch-rubble and timber-framed buildings strung loosely along the … 1830 Berrick was reportedly also caught up in local Swing Riots, although those involved were apparently outsiders. 22 …
Old and New London
… Green MuseumSir Richard Wallace's CollectionNichol Street and its PopulationThe French Hospital in Bethnal Green and its present Site. According to Mr. Lysons, Bethnal Green … day and night, their presence being required to quell riots and to preserve decency. Sunday is a day much devoted …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… than 10 a. each, three with 11-20 a., two with 41-50 a., and one (Treadway, with 61 a.) with more than 50 a. When the … Green, although not named, may have been a scene of the riots against mechanized silk looms in 1675. 73 In 1697 it … to sabotage those paying or accepting reduced wages. After riots in 1763, 1765, and 1766, 81 the single-handed weavers …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… used only for the dissenting academy at Bishop's Hall 81 and the first public school was Parmiter's, built in St. John … c. 130 children. Sunday schools, which taught reading and sometimes writing, were associated with the spread of … 82 The Sunday School Union was founded in 1803 83 and Friar's Mount, allegedly the first Methodist Sunday …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Local Government LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANORIAL AND EARLY PARISH GOVERNMENT. Bethnal Green lay wholly within … By 1640 Bethnal Green had a constable, two headboroughs, and an aleconner. 83 The officers, elected at the October … at the sessions, as were an elected constable in 1615 84 and a headborough in 1678. 85 A poundkeeper in 1642 86 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Green relied on springs or wells. There was a conduit and lead pipes in Conduit close, part of Pyotts on the east … from which copper pipes led to neighbouring villages and a monastery. 80 The building may have been erected by the … by 1780 when, following 'outrages' (presumably the Gordon riots), the vestry considered employing eight men to patrol …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Settlement and Building to 1836 SETTLEMENT AND BUILDING SETTLEMENT AND BUILDING TO 1836. Early … Depression in the silk trade could provoke widespread unrest. The area had a tradition of political and religious …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Social and Cultural Activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES There were four alehouses in 1552, 14 74 in 1716, 15 99 in 1730, 16 84 in 1785, 17 and 105 in 1825. 18 There were 117 public houses and 100 …