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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… curate claimed an afternoon attendance of 157 adults, 60 more than in the morning. 72William Keatinge Clay, vicar … other services on holy days and in Lent and Advent. Hardly more than a third of the inhabitants were churchgoers, and … the third, western bay has double-chamfered arches on more carefully carved responds, presumably late 13th-century. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Besides carting the demesne crops in one day with 30 or more carts, each attended by two men, all the Denny customary … 5 to 12 years, 58 had by 1400 increased to 20 years or more, and by 1420 were often of 40-60 years. 59 Only a few … land from the early 14th century usually included 1 a. or more in the Hollow, described in the 16th century as meadow. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… there were 111 with one or two hearths, and only 6 with more than four. 49 The number of separate dwellings perhaps … 1830s to the 1870s. 55Moreover after inclosure some of the more prosperous smallholders rebuilt their dwellings in grey … that would impair the village's character. 66Almost 120 more houses, partly at Denny End, were proposed c. 1975, when …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at occasional leets from the 1750s, as well as 2 or more haywards each year until inclosure. 49 Ordinary sessions were needed more than once a year in the 18th and 19th centuries to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S.E. of Dorchester. It is a narrow strip of land rarely more than 400 yds. wide and nearly 3 miles long. The S. third …
Survey of London
… the enabling Act was exceptionally long and detailed, two more Acts were obtained (in 1813 and 1816) 57 before the …
Old and New London
… site of an inn, the "White Bear," which for a century and more was one of the busiest coaching-houses in connection … Burke, "Crabbe was a made man. Burke not only relieved his more pressing necessities, but domesticated him in his own … responsible, and of which there will be occasion to speak more in detail in our history of the Pantheon. Chancery or …
Survey of London
… taken over by Ephraim Evans, who did much to make them more attractive. Among other things he built an orchestra in … Care will be taken there shall be better Attendance, and more commodious Reception for the Company. 66 Jesus College, … pour forth the materials for the rich Frontiniac, to the more elegant tables There is a magnificence of business in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 57 SE, c SP 66 NW, d SP 67 SW) The parish, covering more than 1400 hectares, is of irregular shape with a number … deposits to a maximum height of 135 m. above OD and more gently to the E. across Lias Clays and Marlstone Rock … excavation in 1964 ( Med. Arch., IX (1965), 214). In 1977 more Roman pottery was picked up on the N. and W. edges of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish, as minister of the Independent meeting-house, for more than 50 years. Wattisham (St. Nicholas) WATTISHAM ( St. … of October, and 8th of November, for cattle; and those of more modern origin, on the second Wednesday in July, and the … Virgin Mary, was founded here in 1150, upon the site of a more ancient priory, which existed in the year 686: at the …