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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the … obscure. In 1368 the custody of lands in Coldham, late of Hugh Gros, was granted to Alan Palmer; Gros held these lands … f. 203. W. E. Lunt, Valuation of Norw. 539. In this year Hugh, Vicar of Elm, witnessed a document ( Bk. of Seals …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and … individually in the Honour of Wormegay at the death of Hugh Bardolf in 1304, when with Stow Bardolph it was extended … 4 cottages, 4 acres of land, and 27 of marsh of Sir Hugh Bardolf, the abbot of Ramsey and others, mainly by money …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to … 14 to 17. Also Park House, and the premises occupied by Hugh Cure, and (outside the village), Willow Hall and Prior's …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … the freehold conveyed to the customary tenants in 1762 by Hugh, lord Clifford. Holme Island was alienated at a later … (8) William de Croppehuby, (9) Thomas son of Robert, (10) Hugh de Pikering and (11) Robert Le Fraunceys of a plea that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town … 1628, 10 to be lent among poor tradesmen of the borough. Hugh Barker ( d. 1632), doctor of laws and chancellor of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, … and sometimes to groups of prominent burgesses such as Hugh Godhine, Thomas Bere, and the wool merchant Roger …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove … with relatively limited unemployment even during the depression of the 1930s. 1 A Witney chamber of trade and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of … Church The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and St Hugh, at the foot of Tower Hill, was built in 1975 to designs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems likely, the earliest … was confirmed in 1189, but by 1211 it belonged to Hugh of Gayhurst, chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury, 12 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CATHOLICISM Despite hints of religious conservatism in the mid 16th century, there is no evidence of a strong … aerodrome. 12 A Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St Hugh of Lincoln, was established about 1930 in the former … attached presbytery. The dedication was to Our Lady and St Hugh. 13 The Convent of the Sisters of Charity opened in …