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A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … evidently retained some commercial character c. 1850 but pleasure fairs eventually took their place. 8 From the 1850s, …
A History of the County of Essex
… committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford … juniors and infants, and renamed Roding. 32 St. Anthony's Roman Catholic school, Mornington Road, was opened in 1900 …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … which extends into Walthamstow, and a number of smaller pleasure gardens. Indoor recreations may be found in the Sir …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … barn. There were 3 a. of meadow in the common mead, 'the Parson's Grove', and another acre of wood on the north side …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … was noted for cherries, and the Whitsun fair was partly a pleasure fair; some fairs were noted for horses, of which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … of Bindon, Wareham division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Wareham; containing 505 inhabitants. It comprises … beautifully laid out, and is much frequented by parties of pleasure. Woolard WOOLARD, a hamlet, partly in the parish of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … in frames and worked perpendicularly, can be adjusted at pleasure; there are also circular and other saws, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … well adapted, and a considerable quantity of garden and pleasure ground is attached. The House of Industry, an …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… her good behavioure and the rather for that Master Vernon parson of Hanburie hath by his arbitrable order appeased and …