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Survey of London
… syndicate, of which he was one, all of whom were retired sea captains who had worked for the East India Company and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 9 miles (W.) from Gloucester; containing 264 … Nicholas, St. Mary, and St. Thomas the Apostle), a small sea-port, post-town, and parish, in the union of Walsingham, … runs the river Glaven, which, emptying itself into the sea, assists in forming the harbour. The living is a rectory, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and a pottery besides a general shop and post office. Mills There were two mills, probably a double mill, in Bladon in 1086, paying 14 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sunday school. 54 Most unusually Anglicans and Methodists co-operated in running the Sunday schools, the children …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the ancient parish lies between 70 m. and 100 m. above sea level, sloping from higher ground in the east to the … the parish in 1985. The Witney Bicester road, called the Gloucester road c. 1760, ran through the parish just south of … list of apparently 8th-century donations to St. Peter's, Gloucester, refers to Bladon parish rather than, as seems …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at once, for in 1587 Sir Francis Walsingham and Francis Mills of Westminster sold the 'king's yardland' in Hensington …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… is a smaller camp, called "Caer Sonydd;" and on the sea-coast is another of small extent, but of great strength, … of woollen yarn is carried on, for which there are two mills, set in motion by water; attached to these are … This parish is situated on the shore of the Irish Sea, and is of very small extent; it contains within its …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and 5 by trade. 47 In 1969 most people worked in Gloucester. 48 Bk. of Fees, i. 306. Cal. Inq. p.m. iv, p. 13. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a small rural parish of c. 900 a. lying 7 miles west of Gloucester, was united with Flaxley parish in 1935; the … in 1652 28 but survived only as a track in 1969. The Gloucester and Hereford railway line through the parish was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and in 1256 Henry III granted it to his mason John of Gloucester. 99 In 1260 the king granted it to his cook Henry …