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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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 24. The prior, in 1227, obtained the grant of a market on Thursday, long since disused. Whaddon Hall was the seat of … was honoured in 1568 by a visit from Queen Elizabeth, then on her Buckinghamshire progress: Spenser the poet, his … This parish, which is intersected by the river Avon and the Kennet and Avon canal, comprises 420 acres. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds the parish on the west side; the road from Coventry to Tamworth passes … have existed here, at a farm called Monkfoss: in digging on the site a few years ago, some human bones were … ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Kineton division of the hundred of Kineton, S. division …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… quantity of saltpetre in the portion of the building on fire, which blew some walls down killing it is feared … round Warwick and perhaps to have gone as far as Stratford on Avon and to have come up by a night train, but my imprudence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to a considerable number of the population. The village is on the Bradford and Halifax, and Bradford and Huddersfield … The old Watling-street and Fosse-way meet at a Roman fort on the Leicestershire boundary, north of this place. Wichaugh … and Evesham, and situated near the left bank of the river Avon; and consists of 1536 acres. The living is a perpetual …