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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Welford 64 WELFORD (OS 1: 10000 a SP 68 SW, b SP 68 SE, c SP … NW, d SP 67 NE) The parish, covering 1260 hectares, lies on the S. side of the R. Avon which forms the N.E. and N.W. boundaries. Most of it is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… purposes; and wool-combing to some extent is carried on. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's … containing 338 inhabitants. It is situated principally on the south side of the North Tyne, and contains the hamlets … ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick division of the hundred of Kington, S. division …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish apart from the three coalfield townships depended on agriculture and its associated occupations, with … townships, Arleston and Watling Street, lay partly on the coalfield and belonged to the Forester family. Mining … Medieval streets of the same name were in Stratford upon Avon and Warwick: P.N. Warws. (E.P.N.S.), 237, 261. Above, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Weobley Foreign. This ancient town consists of one street on the main road from Hereford to Knighton. The market is on Thursday; and fairs are held on the 9th of May and Oct. … from springs, and a small stream which falls into the Avon. The clothing-trade formerly flourished here, one house …
Alumni Oxonienses
… M.P. Lichfield 1621-2, Stafford April-May, 1640, a judge on Welsh circuit 1632, serjeant-at-law 25 Feb., 1633, baron … 1631. See Foster's Index Eccl. Whitaker, John s. J., of Welford, Northants, gent. Gloucester Hall, matric. 8 Nov., … Dec., 1599; bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1610, as of Dunham-on-the-Hill, Cheshire (son of Robert, mayor of Chester), …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford Avon, Westbury emerged as a centre of the cloth industry of … was still actively engaged in the clothing industry. On his death he left 281 cloths in London as well as a number … apprenticed were setting themselves up in the trade. 81 On the other hand, unwarranted interference in the industry …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 73 In 1819 24 boys attended the school, which was run on the Lancasterian system. 74 No girls' school was provided, … for children from Warminster, Trowbridge, and Bradford-on-Avon, as well as from the Westbury area. Extended courses …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 262 are in Westmeston hamlet. A charter for a fair on Martinmas-day was granted by Edward II. The living is a … Shields, South. Weston WESTON, a tything, in the parish of Welford, union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county of … This parish is bounded on the south by the river Avon, and comprises 2413 acres, of which 1901 are meadow and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 300 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the right bank of the river Froome, and consists of 931 … from Harborough; containing 199 inhabitants. The parish is on the river Welland, and comprises 984 a. 3 r. 32 p. There … by N.) from Derby; containing 284 inhabitants. Weston-Upon-Avon (All Saints) WESTON-UPON-AVON ( All Saints), a parish, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (E. S. E.) from Whitwell. This parish, which is bounded on the north and west by the navigable river Derwent, … containing, with Stormore, 8 inhabitants. It lies on the north side of the river Avon, and comprises, including Stormore, 1620 acres. Westrop …