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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … for by a fine levied that year in the king's court between Gilbert son of Roger Fitz-Reinfrid and "Aylewise" his wife, … documents cited under Levens point to the same conclusion. Gilbert Fitz-Reinfrid probably enfeoffed his natural son, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in …
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 … their 'white bands', the procession being completed by 'a Marshal to preserve order', and by 'two furious old warriors … inviting distinguished players such as W. G. Grace and Gilbert Jessop. 409 In 1892 the rector W. F. Norris bought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … that year, since the town seems not yet to have adopted Gilbert's Act. 210 Three 'governors' and four 'guardians', … the following year. 211 In 1807 the vestry finally adopted Gilbert's Act, annually nominating to the justices of the …
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 … 222, 419; Monk, Hist. Witney, 163, where the lecturer, Wm. Gilbert, is misnamed Gilliat. Bp Fell and Nonconf. pp. xxvi, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the experience … church in 1662, and the ejection of the lecturer William Gilbert, several prominent Independent, Presbyterian, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 … exposure to the air, it rapidly crumbled into dust. Witton-Gilbert (St. Michael) WITTON-GILBERT ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading … north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. Priorslee probably grew up beside the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity, p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, … of one of the two bailiwicks of the royal forest of Mount Gilbert (or the Wrekin); like the centre of the other- …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Walton is a parish and village, 6 m. N.N.W. of Huntingdon. The church and Castle Hill are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands nearly 1 m. N.N.W. of the village. The walls are of rubble with dressings of …