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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. In 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor … identified as Cone Mill. 90 By 1774 Cone Mill was a paper-mill, where writing and other papers were manufactured. … John Reece began his long association with it. In 1841 ten paper-makers and an engineer lived in the parish. 92 Reece …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground … the easternmost was enlarged by the manager of the former paper-mill c. 1880. 42 On the higher ground in the parish, … was used for the conveyance of materials to and from Cone paper-mill in the late 19th century, but its distance from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After … Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were apparently united, but no court rolls … 1709 and 1712-60, 68 and court papers for 1741-60. 69 In 1405 much of the business concerned cases of trespass and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. … of the parish and there is extensive evidence of Romano-British occupation in several places, some unidentified, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … architectural, pictorial and other decoration on wall-paper, ascribed to the middle of the 18th century. Between …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … of that people by the Romans, it was retained, with other British towns, by the conquerors; and if not one of their …
History Theses 1901-1970
… World WORLD The Calvinist tradition in education in France, Scotland and New England during the 16th and 17th … Shaffner. Oxford B.Litt. 1928. Systems of limitation of currency. G.R. Elvey. Oxford B.Litt. 1926. Studies in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… they were patrons. 45 Cardinal Wolsey dissolved the priory in 1525 and granted Wormingford church to his college at Oxford, and his school at Ipswich. 46 On Wolsey's fall in 1529 the church reverted to the Crown, and in 1532 Henry VIII gave it to the abbot and convent of …
A History of the County of Essex
… continued to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight increase in the area under cultivation. The 19 sokemen had 2 ploughs. … Total stock grew from 67 to 346, including an increase in sheep from 6 to 200, and goats from 15 to 47. In 1086 there were 7 beehives. 45 In 1086 there was 20 a. of …