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A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … likely, the earliest unequivocal evidence is the survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … dwellers of Lowell's Yard, and in 1877 when Church of England and Wesleyan Bands of Hope set up in opposition. 125 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … which made the Witney meeting 'a pattern to all England'. 11 In 1850 a modest Methodist meeting house on High … London connections whose son became warden of the Blanket Company, and several members of the Early family were Quakers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … Devon breed, considered to be the largest in the west of England, is held on the last Tuesday in February; and fairs …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, the lords presenting regularly, except in … p. 74. E.R.O., sale cat. B1578; inf. from Church of England Record Centre. E.R.O., D/DU 27; ibid. Q/RTh 1, f. 19. …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the company enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for … the 18th century and the early 19th coal from north- east England was transferred to lighters at Wivenhoe for transport …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it … V.C.H. Essex, ix. 237-9; Youngs, Admin. Units of England, i. 157. E.R.O., D/P 277/8/1; ibid. D/DU 27. B.L. MS. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … towns in north Essex and in ports on the east coast of England from Kent to Northumberland. The boys were bound … system with Colchester's Hythe sewage works. 91 A gas company was formed in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … water-works established under an act passed in 1845, by a company having a capital of 20,000. In 1847 an act was passed for uniting the former gas-light company with the new gas company. A public subscription …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … Ann, Anno Domini 1711, raised to the dignity of a Baron of England by the stile and title of Thomas Baron Middleton, of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by will dated 1705, left £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the … by Richard Hall (probably d. 1705), was used to buy 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. … adults should receive 3 s. 6 d. and children 2 s. 95 Part of the land was sold to the railway companies in the 1850s …