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A History of the County of Essex
… 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 Of two schools for young ladies recorded in 1866, one … day school for 28 chil- dren was established in one room of a small cottage. It was supported by voluntary contri- … of funds, it was transferred to the control of a school board. 5 The girls' and infants' departments moved into a new …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … two houses were built in High Street in 1952. 84 A burial board was established in 1855, and a cemetery of 2 a. was … nationalized and Wivenhoe was supplied by the Eastern Gas Board, later British Gas. 93 Forrestt's, the shipbuilding …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (a)xxix. N.W. (b)xxix. N.E.) Wix is a parish 6 m. W.S.W. of Harwich. Wix Abbey is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Michael stands near the middle of the parish. The ancient portions are of rubble with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by will dated 1705, left £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the … O.R.O., Misc. Su. LXXVIII/i/1; 12th Rep. Com. Char. 352. Board in ch.; 12th Rep. Com. Char. 352; for Ric. Hall see … Rep. Suppl. Char. Digest, H.C. 247, p. 18 (1890), lv; board in ch. Char. Com. files; Ambit (Wolvercote par. mag.) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, … after 1696. 15 Merton was represented on the patronage board of the joint living in 1984. 16 The medieval chaplains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … later 14th century, when Godstow abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were … child, even when living on credit at the shop. 84 A school board was formed in 1874, but the school building remained … added to the funds of the village school until it became a board school in 1874. In 1973 the income of the educational …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … bridge) to Binsey civil parish, and the Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act of 1889 … Synopsis, 23 Oct., 27 Nov. 1790. Rep. on Navigation and Trade upon Thames and Isis (1793) H.C. 1st. ser. xiv, p. 233; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … the parish, turning in its course several paper, mill-board, and flour mills; and many of the females are employed … and on its banks is Honey-street wharf: a considerable trade in timber and coal is carried on, and a great number of …