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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … in 1843, employs 60 persons. A church, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 1841, at a cost of 1400. It is in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor included two water mills together rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys … precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have been early crossings of … the fulling mill and held by John Early's brother-in-law Paul Harris. 43 It is not known when that corn mill was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … 1862) and Edward Early (d. 1835) and their brother-in-law Paul Harris installed new spinning and carding machinery …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's eastern boundary until the 20th century, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … on behalf of local blanket-manufacturers, presented a chain and insignia of office to the chairman of the urban …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … Anglican churches together, overall attendance at the town's five Nonconformist meeting houses remained higher, … I/ii/119; for Quaker organization in Oxfordshire, E. D. Paul, 'Recs. of Banbury Monthly Meeting', Oxoniensia, 31 …
A History of the County of Essex
… the west side of the Colne was transferred to St. Barnabas's, Old Heath. 5 The value of the rectory was estimated at 4 … 1254. 6 The church was not valued in 1291 when it paid 4 s. to St. John's abbey, Colchester, and 2 s. 2 d. to St. … Lewer and J. C. Wall, Ch. Chests Essex, 56-7, 228-9. W. N. Paul, Essex Fonts and Font Covers, 219; E.R.O., D/P 277/6/9. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … St. James', St. Matthew's, St. George's, St. John's, St. Paul's, and St. Mark's. It is the intention of the … of which are embellished with figures of St. Anthony, St. Paul, and St. Peter, in bas-relief, is richly ornamented with …
A Dictionary of London
… of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de … No other reference. Woodmongers' Hall On the east side of Paul's wharf hill (i.e. Bennet's Hill), in Castle Baynard Ward, between Paul's Wharf west and Ball Alley east (Leake, 1666). First …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 A further appeal to the pope in 1416, against Wolvercote's liability to contribute a third of the cost of repairs to St. Peter's-in-the-East, failed; the judge at the Council of Constance, … Wolvercote c 6. Dedication recorded as St. Peter and St. Paul in 1414: Cal. Papal Reg. vi. 441. Description based on …