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A History of the County of Somerset
… EDUCATION. There were two unlicensed schoolmasters in the parish in 1606, 86 and Gregory Ball was described as a … income was distributed among all the board schools in the parish as prizes for attendance. 93 Under a Scheme of 1980 … half to promote the education of needy young people in the parish. 94 In 1819 a Sunday school had 40 children and three …
A History of the County of Somerset
… North Petherton Local government Local government. The parish was divided into a number of tithings. The borough was … administration emerged in the 17th century when the parish was divided between Town, South, and Moorland each … 74 and normally three overseers. 75 The division of the parish into three was used by the waywardens in the 17th …
A History of the County of Somerset
… had gone by 1770. 34 Lands of St. Mary's chantry in the parish church were sold in 1550 to men probably acting for … probably less than half its land lay in North Petherton parish. John Sydenham (d. 1625) settled the manor on his son … to the lordship. The Jacob family had a house in the parish in 1428 and in 1443 they were granted a licence for a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the 1650s. 60 There were two Quaker meeting places in the parish in 1669 and Friends were active in the 1670s. In 1672 … and Congregational worship were granted, and in all the parish had six nonconformist teachers with 90 hearers in … by 1776 there were said to be only three dissenters in the parish. 62 Further licences were issued in 1807, 1822, 1823, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (F.d.) (O.S. 6 in. lxxix. S.W.) North Shoebury is a small parish 3 m. E.N.E. of Southend. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate, p. xxxii) stands on the W. side of the parish. The walls are of ragstone-rubble with some flint; the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)l. N.E. (c)l. S.W. (d)l. S.E.) North Weald Bassett is a parish and village about 3 m. N.E. of Epping. The Church is interesting. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew (Plate p. 197) stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of flint-rubble with some admixture of …
A History of the County of Essex
… date, left 36 bushels of barley a year to the poor of the parish. In 1834 the cash equivalent was paid by the rector in … trust for equal annual payments to four poor widows of the parish. In 1834 and 1949 the income was given in cash to … by will proved 1865, left £50 in trust for the poor of the parish, to be distributed on St. Thomas's day. About 1871 the …
A History of the County of Essex
… was no doubt due to the special relationship between the parish and the bishops of London in the Middle Ages. A … to Weald Hall, then owned by the earls of Kent. 28 The parish church of ST. ANDREW consists of nave, chancel, south …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the extreme north-west corner of Ongar hundred, the parish being divided almost equally between this hundred and … for very little woodland now survives, and much of the parish is open and bare. The main road from London to … that from Epping to Chelmsford through the south of the parish. The Epping- Ongar railway runs through the southern …
A History of the County of Essex
… 13 In 1841 Lady Louisa Puller owned 801 acres in the parish, including Great Weald Hall, and William C. Kirkby was … 15 Richard de Calne was a litigant concerning land in the parish in 12045. 16 About the same time Richard de Caune … about 1230. 18 In 1261 a Richard de Caune held land in the parish. 19 Joan, widow of Richard de Caune, is mentioned in …