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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. John Stockton, in 1839, left 10 per annum for the instruction of children. … flows through the parish, turning in its course several paper, mill-board, and flour mills; and many of the females …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the bishop's ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. … was acquired by the Charltons with the impropriate tithes. In 1621 Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's … for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in 1642 he may have been allowing £20 a year to the cure. In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Education EDUCATION. Wombridge. In 1693 Robert Bromhall, LL. D., was licensed as deacon and schoolmaster in the parish. 49 By 1833 20 boys and 21 girls were attending … 50 A National school opened in 1846 and a short-lived British school in 1860. 51 George Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the coalfield the alehouse was an integral and ever … of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in 1613, and three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four were … owners of the Shropshire Examiner published the paper weekly in Oakengates from 1876 to 1877 when it merged …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It was less useful in its crude form, as one diarist found to his cost when mixed in PLASTER [Diaries (White)]. OED earliest date of use: 1748 … was regarded traditionally as the most important of all British industries, and as such was the most highly …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) in 1850. 1 A coin of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the long barrow on Bown …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it. Droard son of Cade gave it to Thetford priory (Norf.) in the early 12th century. 12 Thetford created a vicarage, of which it held the advowson until its dissolution in 1540. Presentations were made by the Crown in 1342-3 and 1370, and (under royal grant) by Mary (née de …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Education EDUCATION. Occasional classes taught by curates in the early 19th century 78 were superseded in 1847 by a National school built on the road between Saxon … no. 133 (1872 report); C.R.O. 391/P 27, undated plan on paper watermarked 1872. C.R.O., R 79/44 (uncat.), McCalmont …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Education and charities EDUCATION. In 1796 there was a Sunday school at Woodford, apparently … the only Sunday school was being held by Dissenters, but in 1801 two day schools of industry were founded, one … their Mill Lane chapel. This building was also used for a British school formed in 1854, 21 which in 1859 had 85 pupils …
A History of the County of Essex
… ran through Epping Forest, part of which still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was amalgamated with that … comprised widely separated hamlets. 29 At Church End the British Land Co., which had bought the Woodford Hall estate …