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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 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… years later, in 1828, a public library and news room, with new accommodation, was opened, but there were too few … one method used to raise money for church repairs. 9 The New Theatre mentioned in 1762 10 may have been the barn in … the elder John Kemble was once among the performers. A new theatre was fitted up in 1823 in Oldbury Road, possibly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of High Street on the east side. 12 In 1586 the town got a new town hall, 13 which had a wool solar on the first floor. … the markets. 19 In 1788 Sir Christopher Codrington built a new town hall or tolsey in High Street and presented it to … flush with the other buildings in the street. In 1789 a new market hall was built at the cross on the south side of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the old foundations, parts of which can be seen below the new walls; the south aisle was rebuilt at the same time and … 24, also with personal estate as follows: 451 12 s. 1 d. New South Wales 3 per cent. stock with the official trustees, … and known as the Helen Mary Wells Memorial, 51 4 s. 5 d. New South Wales 3 per cent. stock, the gift in 1902 of Sir …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… were near those gates of the town. 14 The building of new corn and fulling-mills on the meadow called Queen's … gaol. 87 The merging of the honour of Wallingford in the new honour of Ewelme in 1540 was the pretext on which the … of fire and the evil courses of night walkers' 105 A new mace made in 1650 to replace the two existing silver …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Wallingford. At the beginning of the 19th century two new turnpike roads were brought through the town in … bridge was widened 7 ft., at a cost of about 7,000. 73 A new scale of tolls, which brought in about 500 a year, was in … up a stately hospitality in Wallingford Castle, to which a new hall was added in this reign. The burning of the king's …