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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. … directing 10 of the dividends to be appropriated for education, 10. 10. to the vicar for extra duty in Lent, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. … was a native of the town, and received the elements of his education in the free school: in the chancel of the church is …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, … parish 215 were attached to the church, 80 families were Dissenters, and the remaining 73 were 'divided, doubtful, or …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Education EDUCATION. In 1588 an 'unlawful' school- teacher … existed in 1724. 95 Two schoolmasters were recorded in the 1760s; one, John Potter, by will proved 1763, left £2 to … 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 Of two schools for young ladies recorded in 1866, one …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1664. 69 John Argor (d. 1679), who had been ejected from the church at Braintree, was licensed as a Presbyterian … at Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian … Colchester to the chapel by someone very antagonistic to dissenters, alleged to be Gen. Francis Slater Rebow of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … Kidsgrove, Mowcop, New-Chapel, and Tunstall; also several dissenters' places of worship. The union of Wolstanton and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Education Education There appears to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Nonconformity Nonconformity. Richard Owen of Godstow was returned as a recusant in the 1590s, 64 and his influence may have encouraged the eight … house was licensed as a Baptist meeting house, and the 8 dissenters returned in 1676 and the 3 or 4 returned in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Education EDUCATION. Wombridge. In 1693 Robert Bromhall, LL. D., was licensed as deacon and schoolmaster in the parish. 49 By 1833 20 boys and 21 girls were attending … 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory …