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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … 2nd, for cattle and all sorts of merchandise. Petty-sessions are held every Tuesday; and a court leet and baron, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … and fairs occur on April 5th and October 23rd. The quarter-sessions for the liberty of St. Ethelred, and the hundreds of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… LL. D., was licensed as deacon and schoolmaster in the parish. 49 By 1833 20 boys and 21 girls were attending … 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board … introduced, 39 and 80 pupils attended morning or afternoon sessions in 1981. 40 Teague's Bridge County Primary School, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have … the town centre by the International Voluntary Service for Peace on the initiative of J. E G. Cartlidge, vicar of …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … whenever the parishioners should demand it, after a good peace should be settled in church and state. Among the debts …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. … and Essex turnpike trust, which was reimbursed by quarter sessions, 94 and ultimately to the county council. 95 It was …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. … the sick this was used to house the ordinary poor. Quarter sessions records indicate that crime was less prevalent in …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope … and was used by the North-East London Area for quarter sessions and various offices. H. Grieve, 'The deprived …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, … is extensively used for earthenware and fire-bricks. Petty-sessions are held once a fortnight at the Potters' Arms inn. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … E.H.R. xiii. 71116; Ballard, Chron. Woodstock, 1401. For sessions dealing with weights and measures see e.g. Boro. …