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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … and patriotic reaction to the wars with revolutionary France. On 26 November 1793 it was resolved to convene a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bishop Northwold presented William de Northwold to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for … The canopy shields and part of the inscription in old French are missing. The dimensions including the border are 9 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were … remained a quarter-sessions town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April … of the new shire hall on the South Brink, was used for French prisoners of war. This jail was closed in 1846 and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and 1½ miles wide at … Viscountess Wolseley, Suss. in the Past, 114. Cal. Doc. France, ed. Round, p. 405. Pipe R. 1210 (P.R.S. N.S. xxvi), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … in the reign of John, a cell to the abbey of Albemarle, in France. Withernwick (St. Alban) WITHERNWICK ( St. Alban), a …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … rising food prices, and in the 1790s the impact of the French wars, prompted further crises, marked by severe …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … tradesmen, and farmers' of the area by offering English, French and Latin, arithmetic, and natural science, together …
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 …