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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Francis Charlton 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 1642 he may have … Salop. News Letter, xxxiii. 12; Birm. Univ. Libr., Mytton Papers, vii. 132. Orders of Q. Sess. ii. 161; iii. 244; W. A. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board and National schools in the 1880s and 1890s and … log bks. of other schs. in the coalfield reveal no such state of affairs. P.R.O., ED 7/102, f. 479; St. Geo.'s C.E. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in Oakengates. 52 In the earlier 19th century the number of public houses grew as the town expanded, and in 1846 the … wake took place in early October in 1801-6, the focus of activity being the pubs along the main street. 55 Bull …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to be processed to concentrate the content of … cutt & some wrought in it, & also other golde & silver in papers & on quills, j pap' of silk buttons ij paire of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… purchased by a Catholic, 56 was bought by Charles Hooper of Eastington (d. 1869), 57 who gave it to Simeon's trustees, … 1291 60 and £9 9 s. in 1535. 61 In 1650 the annual value of the living, which included 25 a. of glebe, was £54 62 and … 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 Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton parish church stands by the presumed site of Ditton Valence manor house, 11 whose lords probably founded it. Droard son of Cade gave it to Thetford priory (Norf.) in the early 12th … (1883); Glebe Returns (1887), 43; Church Com., file 21501, papers 1897; file 82520, papers 1898, return 1906. C.R.O., R …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… enlarged in 1872 80 and 1899. 81 The school taught pupils of secondary age until c. 1960, 82 then only juniors, and was part of the Cheveley Federation Scheme from 1978. 83 Dramatic changes in the age- and class-structure of Woodditton's population reduced the roll from a peak of c. …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half … 12s. 1d. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of ecclesiastical benefices, in 1650, found, by their …