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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … king's books at 15. 8. 6.; the tithes have been commuted for 730; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises … has portions in various styles. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a national school supported from land …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home … form, and consists of several streets irregularly built, meeting in a central area. Water is obtained from wells in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 … of the river, had become dangerous, and there were demands for a bridge. 2 A temporary bridge, opened by George V in … century and earlier. Eleven different friendly societies meeting at inns were recorded between 1793 and 1855. 65 …
A History of the County of Essex
… one and four times a year, with a leet at the spring meeting, when 2 constables, 2 common drivers, 2 bread and ale … higher. 50 In the 16th century bequests were often made for relieving the poor, 51 and weekly collections are recorded for poor relief from 1577; regular cash payments and relief …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in 1672. 70 Samuel Wood, who ran … on land behind it a new Independent chapel with seating for 350 was built, and opened in 1805. A schoolroom was added … church soon afterwards rented Colne House, West Street, for a manse. 74 During the vigorous ministry of Samuel …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is notable for the large number of prehistoric and Roman sites. The most … pit alignments, parallel and close together, and visible for 600 m. from SP 88186241 to 88656262. From this (at SP … 88506270) another pit alignment is visible, running S.E. for 100 m. to SP 88676255 ( Beds. Arch. J., 3 (1966), 6; …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 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 bovats. 1 There afterwards Warner … which Roger had a Charter of Free Warren the same year for Wallaton and Cossale in this County, Eyum and Riselle in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is described below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been … in 1358 may have been part of the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the … MS. Wills Oxon. 189, f. 239. Oxf. City Arch., N.3.9: meeting 23 Jan. 1832. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 398 ( re Port Meadow), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Gregory and St. Augustine was built on the Woodstock road for a congregation drawn mainly from the new housing in North … In 1672 James Beckford's house was licensed as a Baptist meeting house, and the 8 dissenters returned in 1676 and the … John Ladson's cottage (later Nunnery Close) was licensed for Baptist services in 1816; the preacher came from Oxford. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… still owed the Crown the 'king's rent' of £2 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in … were made from Queen Anne's Bounty, that of £200 in 1841 meeting a benefaction of St. John C. Charlton. 60 The living, … a. and 10½ a. 64 In 1841 St. John C. Charlton gave a site for a benefice house, and there was one in 1851. 65 In 1884, …