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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… consideracion of all such as shalbe nedefull to attend and guard them'. 47 Eight years later the deprived … Papists were ordered to be sent to castles such as Wisbech and Banbury; the laymen were to be placed under guard in … the bishop was enjoined to put Wisbech Castle 'in order and strength' to receive Papists 49 and by October the first …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both schools were supported by … 70 In 1709 there were 50 boys at school, who had 'caps and bands &c. given them, to distinguish them from other … Mus.)). Report made by Nat. Soc. in 1846-7 (privately printed) (Archives of Nat. Soc.). Archives of Nat. Soc. M. of …
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 … Leics. iii. 170. Ibid. 173. Assoc. Archit. Soc. Rep. & Papers, xxii. 359. V.C.H. Leics. iii. 202. At Wistow Hall. E …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of Cranborne, Wimborne division of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which contains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Withington is a parish 4 m. N.E. of Hereford. The church and Thing Hill Grange, which retains much of its 14th-century … local sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material and the roofs are covered with slates. The Chancel and Nave were built probably late in the 12th century, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the … the Freeland estate, below. 10 th Rep. Com. Char. (Parl. Papers 1824 (103), xiii), pp. 365; PRO, C 93/5/6; ORO, Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… predominantly agricultural, with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 … to farm it from the manor house until the 17th century, and agricultural buildings there remained in use by local … Rep. Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners (Parl Papers 1840 (639), xxiv), p. 552. ORO, MSS Wills Oxon., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … James Shayler, a stationer and bookseller by 1815, printed sale catalogues and handbills, and from 1861 the firm … Cttee on Oxford and Gt. Western Union Railway Bill (Parl. Papers (HL) 18378 (227), xx), p. 27; Plummer, Witney Blanket …