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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both schools were supported by … 70 In 1709 there were 50 boys at school, who had 'caps and bands &c. given them, to distinguish them from other children', and in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of Cranborne, Wimborne division of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was … formerly part of Shapwick. Domesday mentions Wichemetune and two Hemedeswordes (East and West Hemsworth), ( V.C.H., …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which contains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and … Elizabeth West left land in Appleton (then Berks.) to benefit Witney and other places. 11 Money gifts were used by … councillors and some others representatives of local Friendly Societies. The bailiffs, though retaining …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … and spinners' association formed in 1823 was evidently a benefit club rather than a union, and had apparently closed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century … economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove manufacture, and seems …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … new Witney Grammar and Technical School: 150 a year was to benefit blanket-workers' children in the form of …