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A History of the County of Oxford
… and that the duke frustrated his plans to establish a National school and improve church seating. The duke …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other across Market Place, the Bull on the site of the National Westminster bank (no. 16) and probably several plots …
A History of the County of Oxford
… overreached themselves and suffered badly as the Blenheim debt accumulated. 2 By 1728, when the building was almost … taken over by Barclays in 1919. 78 About the same time the National Provincial (later National Westminster) bank opened a branch at no. 16 Market …
A History of the County of Oxford
… although a keen educationist frustrated in his plans for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and … means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national reforms, however, provoked a comment in 1838 that … 1818 the income had risen to £92, but the charity was in debt largely because of an increase in the number of pupils …
A History of the County of Oxford
… baptisms rose to 48 a year, probably in part reflecting national population trends. 36 In 1801 there were 1,322 … almshouses in the 1790s, and providing land for the National schools of 1854. Their influence was sometimes … Loyal Woodstock Volunteers in 1803, ostensibly in aid of national defence, perhaps also reflected anxiety over local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… addresses expressed conventional reactions to royal and national events, but in 1850 the council was particularly … councillors, and in the later 16th century the borough's debt was between 60 and 80. 77 From 1580, when the … 90 Between 1747 and 1757 the corporation began to buy national lottery tickets in the vain hope of financing a new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1713, with the Marlboroughs in exile and the Blenheim debt a local grievance, Abingdon's challenge was averted only … without acknowledging responsibility for the Blenheim debt. Joynes denied buying votes, but found that paying … support while making play of his imminent arrest for debt, and John Tasker, 'poor and drunk'. 71 Costs grew with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… attached. Here are places of worship for Wesleyans; and a national school. Woolbeding WOOLBEDING, a parish, in the … and a half distant from the town. The powers of the county debt-court of Wooler, established in 1847, extend over the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… year was paid regularly to a master in the years before a National school was founded at Gumstalls c. 1818. 2 The National school was supported from subscriptions but also … the Clayton charity 3 and in 1846 a grant of £30 from the National Society. 4 In 1818 there were 120 children, 5 but in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of early-19th-century cottages and a house which was the National school from c. 1818 to 1862, 22 there was a house by …