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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … was the Witney mason William Biles, and the builder Elijah French. 252 The chapel was renovated in 1907, when stained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century … gabled bellcot, replacing an earlier conical bellcot in French style. In 1851 there were 499 sittings. 222 An organ …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … part of the Mulberry harbour used for the 1944 invasion of France. 16 James W. Cook & Co. Ltd. took over the Vosper site …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve … but at 60s. The Soc extended into Totteshale, Brauncote, and Sudtune. [Pedigree] The family of Mortein were the next …
A Dictionary of London
… Wollewharf See Wool Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time … "lay between the tenement of Sir John de Pulteneye and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way … Within. First mention: "Wodestrata," 1156-7 (Cal. Doc. in France, p.156). Other forms : "Wude-strate," Rich. I .(Anc. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Charities for the poor Charities for the poor Catherine Rawson, by will … left £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the poor. 93 In 1706 the money, with £20 given by David Walter (d. 1679) and £5 given by Richard Hall (probably d. 1705), was used to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were … began to make alkali there using the process developed in France by Malherbe and Athénas. It was apparently …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… wood ashes] Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of … to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It … described as BLUE - GREY, BROAD, BROWN, COARSE, DRAB, FRENCH, GREEN, NARROW, NEW, RED - GREY, SHORT, WHITE, YARD …
Alumni Oxonienses
… graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … supd. July, 1546, fellow of Merton Coll. 1547; died in France 1597. See O.H.S. iv. 260. [ 20] Woodwarde, John of co. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Woodborough. Udeburgh WOODBOROUGH (Udeburgh.) In Udeburg the book of Doomsday shows that St. Mary of Sudwell had Sok … The land two Car. There was half a car. in demesne, and two vill. and two bordars had one car. this belonged to Sudwell. 1 Here …