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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, with extensive areas of later gravel deposits especially on the higher S. parts. From the S. boundary on the crest of … wall of the nave. A comparable angel survives in situ at Bradford on Avon. Parish Church of St. Michael, Winterbourne …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… which the manor ultimately took its name, must have been on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. … made an agreement with Matthias Taylor and Rowland Bradford, constables of the castle, to accept a fixed salary … of 40 marks a year, without any perquisites in kind. Bradford later claimed the full fees and perquisites, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is … How, his wife, and nine children, in a small cross aisle on the south side of the church, the burial-place of the … of Atcham, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 6 miles (E.) from Shrewsbury; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nondenominational National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of … District Visitors; the school acquired new premises on Church Green in 1856, and a second National school at … the blanket-maker John Early claimed that the town's moral tone had been transformed not only by the Temperance movement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal faades; the structure is hidden beneath … seems to have had a major impact on the town's general tone, both reflecting and reinforcing the spirit of thrifty, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of lower status, associated probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a … none. 7 Despite Witney's generally tolerant and ecumenical tone, 8 strong Protestant Dissent may have prolonged … oratory at Ham Court in Bampton, with mass celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 1120 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by a portion of the county of Bedford, and … 427 inhabitants. It is situated near the Severn, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, from which … parish of Wem, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop; containing 91 inhabitants. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 3 miles (E.) from Wellington; containing 2057 inhabitants. It is situated on the Roman Watlingstreet, and comprises 677 acres of arable … net income, 82. The church is a brick edifice, built on the site of a structure which fell into ruins in 1760. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had supplied the company's managers with milk and potatoes on advantageous terms. 16 By 1936 motor transport had become … at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the parish. … closed in 1982. About 1951 the Fairmile Engineering Co. of Bradford, then under Lilleshall Co. ownership, took over the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… elaborate account of these relics in 1797. The village is on an eminence forming part of a range of hills which inclose … landscape. The manufacture of woollen-cloths is carried on extensively; in the neighbourhood of the village not less … union of Newport, Newport division of the hundred of South Bradford, Northern division of Salop, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) …