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A History of the County of Somerset
… was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and … to 15 in 1871. 6 In 1868 farming was largely pastoral but women were employed to pull turnips and mangolds, plant … RG 9/1626; RG 10/2390; RG 11/2377. Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. pp. 484-5. S.R.O., D/P/wool 18/13/1. P.R.O., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The … comprising about 636 acres. The lands anciently belonged to Tynemouth priory, and in the reign of Elizabeth were … of Robert Banastre. This lady was afterwards married to Sir John Langton, whose descendant, John Langton, in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… chancel and contains the following: Fittings Bell: said to be inscribed "Willelmus Prene me fecit in honorem Sanctae … up, but in 1818 the N. aisle was re-built and restored to use. The church was restored in 18678 and in 19078 it was … of a blocked 12th-century window of similar character to that just described; below it is a blocked 14th-century …
The Environs of London
… Wollewic, &c. I can find nothing satisfactory relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, … in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal … the warren furnishes employment for a great number of poor women in the town. Convict-hulks. Two hulks are stationed in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,200 a. (486 ha.). In 1987 Brimslade was transferred to it from Savernake parish, and a small area was transferred from it to Savernake. Wootton Rivers parish thereafter measured 705 … F 8/600/300/1/1/1; ibid. 782/117. Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. [4202-I], p. 258, H.C. (1868-9), xiii; Return …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, from the advantages of its situation … appropriated to the support of sixteen aged men and twelve women. Some almshouses founded by Richard Inglethorpe for six … lands, for eight aged men, and two aged and unmarried women to wait upon them; the endowment produces an income of …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Richard Hasell is a meere strainger and a mane lykely to leave [illegible] [and?] children to the chardge of the sayd parishe beinge a wanderer … [illegible] as he sayethe a sowldeer and everye waye able to gett his lyvinge [illegible] [illegible] And for that the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1612 Elizabeth Tommes, widow. Ref.110 BA1/1/19/59 (1612) To the righte worshipfull his majesties [illegible] of the … the mannor or lordshipp of Ridmarley afore= said, for and to the use of your pore peticioner, whoe hath dwelte and … The inhabitants of Bayton. Ref.110 BA1/1/19/85 (1612) To the right worshippfull, and worshippfull, the kinges …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1613 The inhabitants of Bayton. Ref.110 BA1/1/20/58 (1613) To the right worshippfull the Kinges majesties justices of … at Trinitye sessions last past we had a warrantt grauntted to suppresse them, yet the said Thomas Mooreley and his wief, … of v shillings yearly rent and to doe some reparacions was admitted by the peticioner to dwell in some part of an old …