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A History of the County of Warwick
… the same year John Woodward died holding the borough of 'New Stratford' of the Queen. 18 These tenancies suggest the … the corporation resolved to seek his help in obtaining a new charter, 19 but in the following March the manor was sold … he seems to have retired to Stratford, where he built New Place and made the public benefactions by which he is now …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of visitors anxious to see Shakespeare's mulberry tree in New Place Garden drove the owner, the Rev. Francis Gastrell, … who purchased it. When Gastrell, in a fit of pique, caused New Place to be demolished altogether in 1759 he was forced … his friends among the leading inhabitants to meet him. The new Town Hall was then just finished and it was regretted …
A History of the County of Warwick
… used in Sutton comes from wells and boreholes sunk in the New Red Sandstone and Pebble Beds in the Streetly district by … traffic, and also at Penns, for Walmley. 22 Apart from New Hall and Moor House Farm there are few buildings of … wing on the east side has a stone inscribed 1671 M M. New Shipton Farm, mile south-west of the last, is a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1554 the queen refounded the charity, appointing nine new almsmen and declaring that when a vacancy occurred the … was to be paid. 4 By the late 17th century the choice of new almsmen appears to have lain entirely with the … trustees pulled down three of their houses and built three new ones with a loan, on the repayment of which they were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… that no trace survived of the Mythe chapel. 65 In 1837 a new church was built in Oldbury Road and consecrated as HOLY … church. 66 The town council opposed the formation of a new ecclesiastical parish in 1849, 67 and Holy Trinity parish … a two-tiered gallery on the inside. The church acquired a new organ, by Nicholson of Worcester, in 1846, 74 and was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… repair of the town quay was made on the condition that two new slips were made. 91 In the mid-16th century the town quay … of tontine when the only three members agreed to admit no new members. 212 The cordwainers' guild became a social club …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… area of the town more than doubled by the building of new housing estates, the population in 1961 was marginally … between the Severn and Avon. 91 Under an Act of 1853 92 new works were begun at the Upper Lode in 1856, comprising a new channel cutting across the sharpest part of the bend, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… town gaol, 59 and it continued to be so until 1816 when a new gaol in Bredon Road was built under an Act of 1813. 60 A treadmill was in use in the new gaol in 1828; 61 in 1830 82 people were committed to the … in 1672. 77 In 1686 the charter was surrendered and a new one granted. 78 After the Revolution the town continued …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… an inscription 'F.I. 1665'. In the 18th or 19th century new windows were put in and the outside was rendered. 96 By … part of a larger building. In the early 19th century a new house was built near-by, 172 called Mythe Tute House and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 2 may be presumed to have taught the free school; that a new school-house was built in 1576, 3 and its repair … nineties, were also merged with the grammar school. 16 A new grammar school was built in 1906, 17 a two-story building … of red brick and stone opposite the abbey church. A new constitution was drawn up in 1909, 18 and the school was …