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A History of the County of Oxford
… mostly local girls aged 13-16, training for domestic service. 73 The school may have been closed by 1890, when its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of turnpike trustees by 1804. 45 Woodstock had a postal service by 1685 46 but by then the town lay off the principal … later 19th century, shared the problems, largely caused by foreign competition, affecting the industry nationally; above … at no. 32 Oxford Street, which was built and incorporated into the inn in the later 18th century; 59 by tradition Sarah …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town's charges, summed up in the phrase 'scot and lot'. 61 Foreign (non-resident) freemen were to leave in the town a … (d. 1837), who was also rector, each served ten times. Service for two years in succession was common, and seems to … in the early 18th century, and in the mid 19th were turned into party struggles. 71 Some elections raised personal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… services until the Second World War, and was converted into a private house in 1957. It was built in stone on an …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which at one time contained the rectory pew, was converted into a Lady chapel in 1954, and an 18th-century wooden pulpit …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to S. S. Marling in 1872 when the tenancies were converted into leases. 48 Under the Inclosure Act 162 cottagers in … High Woolaston land had been detached and Madgett divided into two holdings by the building of a dwelling at Sheepcot. … was apparently new, as the old mill had been converted into a dwelling. 84 Usually called Grange Mill in the later …
A History of the County of Somerset
… than a third of the parish, divided by the 16th century into four fields: East, South, West, and Crany or Crandon. … It stood in the centre of the village, and was converted into three cottages known as Old White Lion and by the 1950s … also variously said to be held of Glastonbury by knight service or 1 d. rent. 12 The terre tenancy was held in 1066 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Spicheforde', or 'of carrying the ensign ( gunfanum) into Hampshire to Sparkeford (in Compton by Winchester)'. 7 … died soon afterwards without heirs, and the manor came into the hands of John de Arundel, who was holding it by … it was recorded that she had held the manor in dower, 'by service of coming before the king with the infantry to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Shenley House, the former structure having fallen into decay; it forms an interesting feature in the landscape. … of St. John of Jerusalem in England, without any service. In the reign of Edward I., the prior of this wealthy … there are several blast-furnaces for converting scrap iron into pigs, and a machine for rolling iron Knees, keelsons, …