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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Clayton established a charity in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a master was paid out of … the vestry resolved to appoint a mistress to teach nine poor boys, 1 and the Clayton charity of 40 s. a year was paid … Char. 113. Church School Inquiry, 1846-7, 18-19. Educ. of Poor Digest, 317. G.D.R. vol. 383, no. cxxxvii. Educ. Enquiry …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 2, map, 1769. Local information. Mon. & Glouc. Roads Act, 31 Geo. II, c. 44; Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 34 & 35 Vic. c. 115. Badminton Mun. F Drawer 2, map, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… number doubled. 84 In the early 19th century the cost of poor-relief rose from £249 in 1803 85 to between £300 and … was built. 88 About 1836 Woolaston became part of Chepstow Poor Law Union, 89 but for other local government purposes it … MS. 2601/2. Glos. R.O., D 1430B/23. Overseers' acct. bk. Poor Law Abstract, 1804, 184-5. Poor Law Abstract, 1818, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between 1838 and the 1930s; most conspicuous is the poor quality stone terrace north-west of the church, formerly … 31 There were two churchwardens and two overseers of the poor but no accounts survive earlier than the 19th century. … the dilapidated buildings as an almshouse for the aged poor. The house was to be maintained by a weekly charge of a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 133840, p. 177. The land was only worth 6 s. 8 d., being poor heathland: Cal. Inq. Misc. ii, 530. Curia Regis R. 176, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted with gas by a company established also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works … "reading divine service, and teaching the children of the poor at Aston the principles of their faith:" this fund has …
The Environs of London
… market-house (where the cage now is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or Southall in Woolwich. … rebuilt between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty … Martin Bowes founded an alms-house in Woolwich for five poor widows, and committed the care of it to the Goldsmiths' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… bequeathed to the incumbent and wardens, in trust for the poor, a close called the Farm, or Church-close, the proceeds … The rent of three acres, awarded under an inclosure act, and now let for about 6 per annum, is appropriated to … medical club; and there are some trifling bequests for the poor. Several hundreds of Roman coins were discovered in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Remains. The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, …