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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Oddy and others of Cambridgeshire's leading Independent ministers. A meeting was licensed in 1672, 79 but only 11 … in 1851 c. 130 sittings, half free, and drew 60-100 people to its afternoon and evening services. 84 By 1873 a preacher …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the road from Woodbridge to Norwich. A corn-market takes place every Tuesday; and … Baptists. William Grenling, in 1599, bequeathed some land to be applied, among other purposes, in support of a school; … The parish lies on the road from Bury St. Edmund's to Lynn, and comprises 1325 acres, of which about 555 are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… SOUP STRAINER and TEA STRAINER. Some straining if it were to be effective required the liquid or powder to be passed through a very fine mesh, hence 'Hair and Lawn … date of use: 1613 Found described as BRITISH, ENGLISH, FOREIGN, IMPORTED, perfectly made Found in units of CASE, …
The Environs of London
… having been built here over the river Lea, the place came to be distinguished by the addition of atte bogbe, atte … herself been well washed in the water, caused two bridges to be builded in a place one mile distant from the Old ford, … he was for many years esteemed the father of the London ministers 32. He sat in the assembly of divines, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1954 1 the parish of Stratford-sub-Castle lay to the north of the city of New Sarum. It was roughly square, … northerly. Old Sarum, which lay within the parish, came to be regarded as extra-parochial, 2 but was transformed into … 6 and 16312, 7 and five in 1841; 8 in 1955 it was reduced to little more than a farm-house. It seems to have been part …
The Environs of London
… been situated near the great Roman road from Arundel to London; strete signifying in the Saxon language a highway, … and ham a dwelling. The Normans, with little attention to its derivation, call this village in Doomsday-book … Brixton hundred, and is situated on the road from London to Croydon, at the distance of somewhat more than five miles …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Roger STRICKLAND ROGER. 11861200 Robert Mustel grants to Gilbert de Lancastre the service and tenement of William … and A. Soc., N.S., X, 400. Patrick, son of Bernard grants to Gilbert de Lancastre, land between Spret and the highway … the heirs of Matthew Redmaine, by a pair of spurs, saving foreign service; a moiety of the manor of Hartsopp, a moiety …
A History of the County of Somerset
… remained dependent on Kilve after the college had ceased to function, 31 the living being known as the rectory of … of Quantoxhead. 32 Before 1334 the advowson belonged to the lords of Stringston manor and in that year was … and by the 17th century all tithes in Stringston were paid to the rector of Kilve. 34 The tithe rent charge awarded in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… only three places in the parish, and the largest, entitled to the name of village: the other villages are Kenmore, and … after two of the Orkney Islands, one of which is supposed to have derived its appellation from the rapidity of the … of its surface. The island of Stronsay, which is situated to the south-east of the Northern Orkneys, is bounded on the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was that governing the land of John de Pridie, assigned to the parishioners in 1304 for financing the maintenance of … of High Street. 41 The rents from Pridie's Acre amounted to c. £17 in 1683; 42 by 1826 the rental of the property there had risen to £169 when the feoffees were receiving £115 for their other …