Search
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Till near the church, was the main road between London and Bridgwater (Som.), via Amesbury and Warminster, in 1675. 19 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton, and Langport. 377 A daily van went to Bridgwater, the nearest railway station. 378 By 1859 there …
A History of the County of Somerset
… it from North Petherton, further down the river near Bridgwater. Roughly rectangular in shape, it is nearly 3 … passed to his flamboyant courtier son Henry (cr. earl of Bridgwater 1538, d. 1548), whose heavy spending forced him to … the manor passing to the Crown on the countess of Bridgwater's death in 1553. 121 It was then leased to Richard …
A History of the County of Northampton
… by marriage to the Egertons, Earls and afterwards Dukes of Bridgwater. 7 Bridges writing in 1720 states that the manor was then in the possession of the Duke of Bridgwater, 8 and Baker, a century later, says 'this Manor is still subject to the Earl of Bridgwater's leet for the honor and a court is occasionally …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 161 Until the 19th century the main coastal route from Bridgwater entered the parish at Rydon and passed through … c. 1829 175 brought traffic direct to Williton from Bridgwater, making Williton 'a great thoroughfare'. 176 From … links between Watchet and Bridport (Dors.) and between Bridgwater and Minehead 183 the West Somerset Mineral Railway …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of which presumably had medieval origins. The route from Bridgwater to Barnstaple, 47 following part of the southern …
A History of the County of Somerset
… (i) 1949, Taylor of Loughborough; (ii) 1787, G. Davis of Bridgwater; (iii) 1910, Taylor; (iv) 1949, Taylor; (v) …
A History of the County of Somerset
… stood in 1444. 13 Part turned south-west for Taunton and Bridgwater, later forming High Street, the main shopping … 1833 was making shoes which were largely exported through Bridgwater. At first the shoes were cut in the factory by … to a shortage of labour. Women were brought by bus from Bridgwater and Shepton Mallet and girls from Devon, Wales, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held in the 18th century by the Egerton family, dukes of Bridgwater; 310 certainly the Bridgwater manor in Sibford Gower was distinct from the other … Oxford, and the Sheldon family). No reference to the Bridgwater manor has been found after 1793, when most of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… (rector 150710) was a brother of St. John's Hospital, Bridgwater. 178 Besides the rector there was a curate and a …