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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… published in December 1824 and resulted in the formation of the London and Bristol Rail-Road Co. 1 The route, through … the London-Salisbury route and providing a spring-board for invasion of the west country, an area which the … recently established Railway Department of the Board of Trade gave its decision entirely in favour of the G.W.R. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)lxxv. S.W.) Rainham is a parish and village 5 m. E. of Barking. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(l). Parish Church of SS. Helen and Giles stands in the village. The walls are … lion on the shoulder, and half a popey-head, also seat-board and moulded top-rail of back. ConditionGood. Secular …
A History of the County of Essex
… held hide freely in Rainham. 1 This suggests the existence of a church there before the Conquest, though the present … annual government grants from 1875. 96 In 1893 a school board was formed, which took over the school. 97 In 1897 a … D/CT 280 no. 112, and cf. no. 328. Rainham ch., vestry board. Cal. Pat. 134850, 133. Ibid. Cal. Pat. 134850, 133; …
A History of the County of Essex
… farming and the river Thames. The creek gave it a share of the river traffic and provided an outlet for local and … Capt. Harle's development of the wharf in the 1720s made trade with London even easier; Rainham was probably supplying … level came under the control of the Essex Rivers catchment board, which in 1952 was merged in the Essex Rivers board. …
A History of the County of Essex
… RAINHAM Rainham lies beside the Thames 12 miles east of the city of London. 1 The ancient parish, containing 3,253 a., was … house rebuilt in 1710. In the early 18th century, as trade increased, the wharf was extended and several new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. German) RAME ( St. German), a parish, in the union of St. Germans, S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall, 4 miles (S. … of the harbour, principally consists of a large coasting-trade, particularly in coal; and the importation of timber …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY There is little record of demesne farming by the lords of Rampton in the Middle Ages. In 1086 the lord had only one … and cottars owed money rents and a few pence in lieu of harvest work, but ploughing at the lord's will by the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Rampton Education Education In the early 17th century one of the curates kept a school and in 1685 there was a dame … Baptist Sunday school was being held in 1862. 35 A school board was formed in 1874, the only Rampton member at first … C. E. Ivatt. Unable to persuade Cottenham to form a joint board, it rented the National school building in 1875 for a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)lxviii. N.E.) Ramsden Bellhouse is a parish 2 m. E. of Billericay. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate, pp. xxxviii-ix) stands about the middle of the parish. The tower or belfry and the S. porch are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (a)X S.E., (b)XI S.W.) Ramsey is a small town 9 m. N.N.E. of Huntingdon. Owing to an extensive fire in 1731 few old … The principal monuments are the Parish Church, which is of peculiar interest since it appears to have been originally … and the Biggin Malting. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury (Plate 113) stands at the E. end …