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A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at … Members elected from Wincanton parish formed a parochial committee which took over from the market trustees … responsibilities for water supply and sewerage. A similar committee comprising all the members of the parish council …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Churches CHURCHES The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW, near the remains of Hyde Abbey, consists of chancel 28 ft. 1 in. by 18 ft. 4 … do not appear. 17 In 1652 the Plundered Ministers' Committee ordered the churches of St. Mary Kalender and St. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … and chapter were thereupon summoned to appear before the committee of the court of the Star Chamber to answer to the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in … had been spent upon the alterations by 1830. 32 A select committee was accordingly appointed to inquire into the …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of … per pale indented gules & or, tongue azure. Motto: Deus Me Audit. 27. JAMES WHORWOOD Whorwood Windsor, app d 2, pat. 17 … Harleian and British Record Societies and of Croft Lyons Committee of the Society of Antiquaries. Perhaps the foremost …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Chapeiry of Parson Drove CHAPELRY OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and … J. W. Payne, J.P., Chairman of the County Education Committee. 39 CHARITIES John Bend, by will dated 1593, gave a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of … Matters came to a head in 1774-5, when an investigating committee reported that the bonded debt, which had stood at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the most important of these …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the … charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the latter part of the 16th century, by weekly collections from householders, … is not surprising that it extended its activities to the audit of their accounts. For example, the surveyors of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … the established and dissenting churches. The original Committee (1781) of the Literary Society included both Anglicans and Friends. The Committee of the Wisbech branch of the British and Foreign …