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A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … Twenty-one out of twenty-five recorded rectors between c. 1200 and 1500 were graduates, or men about whom enough is … of the BVM. Giles, Hist. Witney, 312, illust. oppos. p. 38; Bodl. MSS Top. Oxon. d 213, ff. 767; d 216, ff. 1819; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … 116 56. The Methodist chapel and schools on High Street, c. 1895. In the later 1840s, during the ministries of Charles … Staunton (1673), 7; for fam., Witney Ct. Bks. refs. at p. 217. Above, intro. (social life: Civil War); churches. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. This place is … a great deal of business is transacted in corn, &c. A great market for prime oxen of the North Devon breed, … Cley; containing 240 inhabitants. It comprises 1018 a. 34 p., of which 717 acres are arable, 211 pasture, and 89 wood …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … land which can be identified as lying in Wivenhoe parish c. 1650, the demesne lands included 104 a. of arable, 24 a. … M89. Ibid. D/DU 612. Ibid. E.R.O., D/DA A3, M4. Cal. S. P. Dom. 16656, 104. E.R.O., D/DA M4. Ibid. D/DA A3; Morant, …
A History of the County of Essex
… recorded in 1833 and there were nine in 1839, attended by c. 200 children; weekly fees ranged from 1 d. to 1 s. 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 … Elizabethan Life: Morals and the Church Courts, 66. S.P.C.K. Annual Rep. 1724. E.R.O., D/ACR 364, f. 16; ibid. …
A History of the County of Essex
… for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the … a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … mansion built just south of the Hall by Matthew Martin, M.P. for Colchester 1722-7 and 1734- 41 and director of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… W. F. Tyler (1883-1927) a Band of Hope met, there were men's bible classes and prayer meetings, and the earlier … in the late 1960s and the church premises were modernized c. 1970-1, partly with funds bequeathed by Stanley Osborne in … 93 Guildhall MS. 9583/2, part iv, no. 105. Cal. S. P. Dom. 1672, 578; Davids, Nonconf. in Essex, 355-6. E.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… glebe house and supported by subscriptions, including £2 2 s. from Merton College, was attended by 101 children, and in … the incumbent was responsible for the annual deficit of c. £ 10. 83 By 1866 the school was receiving a government … 157. Ibid. c 433, f. 226. Educ. of Poor Digest, H.C. 224, p. 733 (1819), ix B; Merton Coll. Mun., 1.4 (register, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two … extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … V.C.H. Oxon. i. 416; below, Church. Cart. St. Frid. i, p. 472; Sawyer papers (in possession of Mr. R. Sawyer, Water …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … containing 275 inhabitants. It comprises 1413 a. 1 r. 32 p., of which 897 acres are arable. The living is a perpetual … portion of grass-land; 391 are rough marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, and 151 water, the …