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A History of the County of Stafford
… in West Bromwich by 1686, apparently a private academy, 72 and by then the parish was entitled to send two boys to Old … the later 18th century there were schools for the poor 74 and several private academies, 75 and the first Sunday schools were opened in 1786 and 1788. 76 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… affiliated to the Midland Association of Baptist Churches, and had a membership of 43. The burial ground attached to it was presented by George Cutler, and the mortgage on the chapel was paid off by Mrs. Benjamin … Church, 'but it gradually sank into hyper-Calvinism and varied its course only to reach occasionally the lower …
A History of the County of Stafford
… towns, because much of it was situated on sloping ground and because the soil facilitated drainage. 15 None the less … epidemic of 1832. A temporary board of health was set up and a hospital opened in the former Revivalist chapel in Spon … that at West Bromwich streets were on the whole wide and well laid out but drainage was often inadequate: stagnant …
A History of the County of Stafford
… itself can be traced from the earlier 12th century 58 and the name Lyndon from the earlier 14th; 59 the name Lyne … 60 The open fields lay in that part of the parish, 61 and a market was held there in the early 18th century. 62 By … lay around the junction of the present Hargate Lane and the present Lyndon Street and extended southeast to …
A History of the County of Essex
… provided ample room for industry. The river was navigable and furnished power for a group of tidal mills which were already important in 1066, and during the next seven centuries served industries as … there were in the 17th century brickmakers, glaziers, glovers, locksmiths, starchmakers, and lime-burners. 44 Lime …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Worthies, entertainments, sports and pastimes WORTHIES. 1 Richard de Montfitchet (d. 1267), lord of the principal manor in East Ham and West Ham, was one of the barons appointed to enforce … executed by Henry VIII, held the manor of Bretts (151239), and appears to have been living within the precincts of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: AGRICULTURE. In 1086 5 ploughs and one servus were recorded on the demesne of the Crown's … Westbury; the remainder of the estate supported 32 villani and 15 bordars with 8 ploughs between them. 57 In 1303 the … third part of Westbury manor included 60 a. of arable and 12 a. of meadow. There were 13 free tenants, two of whom …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford … to the cloth trade, set up business as fine quality glovers in Fore Street, Westbury, in 1883. 37 In 1908 a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Walter Pavely acquired from Monkton Farleigh in 1320, 64 and formed part of his estate at Brook on his death in 1323. … a number of small estates in 1599, three fulling mills and a grain mill were included in the Brook Farm estate … a corn mill. 20 In 1901 it was bought by Boulton Bros. (Glovers) Ltd. and converted into a gloving factory. 21 In …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 18 - WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD [See plates 44, 45 and 46.] For the formation of the bridge approach on the … side the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge, between 1740 and 1746, purchased a strip of land from the Archbishop of Canterbury and just over an acre of ground in Lambeth Marsh from the …