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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Woodside, North Wick WICK, a royal burgh, the county town, and a parish, in the county of Caithness; containing, with Pulteney-Town adjoining and the villages of Sarclet, Staxigoe, Reiss, and Ackergill, 10,393 inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… which here forms the boundary between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. 38 The parish is separated by the river from Thornton and Beachampton (Bucks.) on the south, and is bounded on the … in England'. She also invited her family and 'select friends in the neighbourhood' to a fête champêtre in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… thought the dissenters 'bigoted' despite professions of friendship, they dominated the parish: in 1897 they comprised … as in the 1860s, most of the farmers, such as the Dennises and Slacks. The two dissenting Sunday schools then had 160 … active at Wicken from the 1820s, using a thatched cottage and then a barn off North Street. A small timber-framed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The chapel, dedicated to St. Swithin, has a tower and chancel in the Norman style; an aisle was added in 1824, … of Welford. Wickham WICKHAM, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Spalding, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, … in the union of Fareham, hundred of Titchfield, Fareham and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4 miles (S. by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the Great Ouse river, and comprises 1275 a. 1 r. 34 p., of which 543 acres are arable, and 677 meadow and pasture. The surface is flat; a … Dr. Bray. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics. The …
The Environs of London
… Hendon, Hampstead, a detached part of Chelsea, Paddington, and Harrow. It is computed that it contains about 3400 acres of land; the quantity of arable and pasture is always varying, but the proportion of grass … To his children and servants more fatherly; to his friends more free, more firm. He was truly eminently pious, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… belonging to the church of St. Paul, four men from Neasden and three from 'Forth tune', possibly to be identified with … 2 hides in Twyford held from them by a canon called Gueri, and 2 hides in Twyford said to be held of the king by a canon … The distinction between the lands of the bishop of London and those of the cathedral chapter of St. Paul's was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to the mother of Oliver Nodes who visited her each Sunday and read from the sermons of the Evangelist George Burder. … 43 a.m.; 43 p.m. Replaced by small brick chapel 1910. 79 A Friends meeting ho. opened 1900 in Harlesden Rd. Attendance … Reg. 31469, 44407; Kelly's Dir. Mdx. (1890). List of Friends' Mtg.-hos. in Friends' Ho., Euston Rd.; All Souls …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Willesden Public services Public Services. A whipping post and stocks were erected in 1680. In 1749 there were complaints of 'idle and disordered' people destroying and stealing farmers' … from the borough council. 40 The Willesden International Friendship committee was formed in 1958 to deal with the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Willesden Social and cultural activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. In 1552 there were three alehouses 39 in Willesden and one in Kilburn. 40 William Huddle was jailed in 1615 for …