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A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the 20th century. A United Church was formed in 1981 by the Methodists and United Reformed Church. About 1764 a Wesleyan society was established at Ketley Bank by J. W. Fletcher, vicar of Madeley. 26 A Wesleyan chapel … Cartlidge, op. cit. 78. S.R.O. 972, parcel 235, plan of proposed schoolrm. (watermark 1857). Cf. P.O. Dir. Salop. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… date of use: 1748 Found in units of BUSHEL Found rated by the HUNDREDWEIGHT of 112 LB, LAST of 12 BARREL, … which was used for EMBROIDERY and to make into various articles of HABERDASHERY such as BINDING and TAPE. Much of … of worsteds or STUFFs. These were used to make various articles of APPAREL such as BREECHES, DOUBLETs, HATs, JACKETs …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… until the 19th century 54 although presentations were made by Edmund Bereford in 1352 and by William Zouche in 1395 and 1396. 55 The advowson, … f. 52; G.D.R. vol. 40, f. 189. Hockaday Abs. ccccxv; lii, state of clergy 1593, f. 5. Ibid. ccccxv. Walker Revised, ed. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish, is treated under Minchinhampton. 8 Elizabeth Seys, by will dated 1705, left £400 to pay three or four poor women of the parish to teach girls. By 1718 the sum had increased to £561 and an estate was … number of schools had increased to nine and c. 1828 it was proposed to reduce their number and to find teachers of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as a chapelry of Woodditton by 1336 to serve the Cambridgeshire part of the town; 11 by the 18th century it levied its own rates and was treated …
The Environs of London
… and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by Chigwell, Chingford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Barking. … in the pound. The manor. The manor of Wodeford 1 was given by Earl Harold to his monastery of Waltham Holy-cross. It was … 12s. 1d. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of ecclesiastical benefices, in 1650, found, by their …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to Devizes along the … In 1600 the mill had been presented as being in a bad state of repair as a result of floods. By 1773 the mill seems …
A History of the County of Essex
… children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if not before, the only Sunday school was being held by Dissenters, but in 1801 two day schools of industry were founded, one attended by 20 boys and the other by 20 girls, and both supported by …
A History of the County of Essex
… side of Woodford is a ridge about 200 ft. high, now marked by the High Road. From this the parish slopes gently … 37 a., and the north-western corner of the parish, bounded by the river Ching, is largely cleared and open forest land, … Ago, 1. V.C.H. Essex, v. 27, 29. T. De Laune, Present State of London (1692). G. Brumell, Local Posts of London …
A History of the County of Essex
… history CHURCHES. A church was evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the … of the sacristy at Waltham. 2 What exactly was effected by this measure is uncertain. The benefice does not seem to … Thomas More presented pro hac vice in 1526, Robert Browne, by what right is unknown, in 1558, and Henry Fanshawe for one …