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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 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … Pemberton & Stokes (Eardington forge) for forge iron. 54 Trade at Snedshill was apparently similar to that at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lacked school places in 1875, 53 when Wombridge school board was formed. A turbulent election returned a nonconformist majority; the board included the vicar but the Congregational minister … 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of … Priorslee, and Priorslee children attended Ketley Bank Board School though their parents paid no education rate. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern flint; the dressings are of stone; the roofs are covered with lead, except that of the N. chapel, which is tiled. The Nave is partly of late …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were … Harrison and worked by Thomas Sykes in 1818. 25 Other Trade and Industry. Apart from farming and the cloth industry …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its … across the boundary in the mid 19th century, and its local board of health formed in 1851 included 57 a. of Woodditton. …