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A History of the County of Essex
… the 17th and 20th centuries on land formerly the heath. Some large agricul- tural inclosures were made along the … about 1900 the brewery had c. 50 houses in the village. 59 Some dilapidated cottages were demolished in the 1950s and … Corporation supplied electricity from 1929-30, although some large houses already had private generators for …
Old and New London
… of the story as that which he had always heard:"That on some occasion Cromwell's troop was quartered at … venturing to stray along the lanes of Brompton, was met by some cavaliers who knew him, and pursued him to this house, … had, and was a ratepayer to the parish of Kensington some time." Even this latter statement is doubted, for, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by the bishop of Worcester in 1149 and by the pope at some time between 1159 and 1163; the pope also confirmed the … disputes over the church. At a synod held at Lichfield at some time between 1161 and 1182 a certain Hugh the priest … Oxford. 17 Wolsey, however, seems to have retained some control over West Bromwich church. In 1528 Thomas …
A History of the County of Stafford
… bridge was dangerous, and West Bromwich, Walsall, and some neighbouring parishes petitioned the county for help …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 57 Open-field husbandry appears to have continued in some form until 1804 when under an Act of 1801 the remaining … were inclosed. Of the 387 a. inclosed by the Act only some 111 were described in the award as being part of the … glut of them in 1775, and fewer were being grown in 1776. Some farms were being let at from 15 s. to 25 s. an acre. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 to 14), and 570 who were under two. Of the first group some 27 per cent could read and write and almost 40 per cent … school attendance compulsory was passed in 1871, and after some early difficulties West Bromwich established one of the … fees were charged throughout the school. There were then some 125 pupils. 2 The building had been enlarged by 1851, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… order of 1819. The manorial rights with property worth some £580 a year were bought by the 4th earl of Dartmouth in … to the Handsworth boundary. William also gave the priory some of his villein tenants in West Bromwich with their … and reroofing of part of the existing house as well as some new work. 49 Subsequently the remainder of the old …
A History of the County of Stafford
… on the Tame, and arable, pasture, and meadow, all worth some £130 a year. 14 Nicholas's will directed that the estate … in Bromwich park and a tilehouse, both leased out. 26 At some unknown date an abbot of Halesowen gave part of the … addition. An early-17th-century carved overmantel and some panelling remain inside. At some time in the later 17th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 3 Despite the amalgamation membership was down to some 56 about 1855. Bethel continued in use until 1884, but … Estate school in Oak Lane. The mission had been started some years earlier in a house in Oak Road opposite the Oak … 1899 in Grove's Assembly Room. There was a congregation of some 40, and the chairman was Henry Brockhouse, of John …
A History of the County of Stafford
… generally built in courts, with two to four rooms a house; some of the houses were backto-back. Normally there was one … house has a short front garden and a larger plot behind. Some clearance was carried out under the West Bromwich … houses were considered unfit, and over the next ten years some 15 per cent of the town's population was rehoused. 33 …