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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… remained a quarter-sessions town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the … wall of the jail was rebuilt, and at the same time it was resolved that the 'farm' of the prisoners should be for not …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Poor relief and apprenticeship POOR RELIEF AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the … sold in 1624 for £36 8 s. 29 In 1720 the capital burgesses resolved to build a municipal workhouse on a 3-acre site …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Relations between the bishops of Ely and the town of Wisbech RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BISHOPS OF ELY AND THE TOWN OF WISBECH There is but little upon which to base an estimate of the relations between the bishops and the men of Wisbech during the Middle Ages. By the early …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … Mill, Cowmoor, and Barley Hill Fields. The Sence valley no doubt always provided meadow and pasture land. In 1332 the …
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., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the Burgh, the House (41), Howbridge Hall and the Barn (54), are the principal monuments. … the High Street of Chipping Hill. The walls are of flint and pebble-rubble, in parts mixed with brick; the vestry is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently … the borough was extended in 121920, and there seems no doubt that by the 1270s Witney was a town in the fullest …
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', … use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was … 343 The overall impression is of mounting crisis, narrowly resolved by the town's economic recovery in the early 19th …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … lords presenting regularly, except in 1564, 1589, 1607, and 1637 when turns had been granted or sold, 3 and in 1890 when Robert Cantrell presented as guardian of N. …