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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. … first met at the Coffee Palace but soon moved to rented offices in Market Street. Its offices were in Oxford Street c. 1905- c. 1940, thereafter in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the … Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the Hadley, Trench, and Wrockwardine Wood …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Social and cultural activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the … cinema, the Hippodrome, occupied what became Maddocks' offices in Station Road. 88 S.R.O., q. sess. rec. parcel 254, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It was less useful in its crude form, as one … such as blackthorn [Holme (2000)]; [Cox (1966, pb 1969)] and probably never confused with BOX COMB made with BOXWOOD. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working 16 ploughs, and a burgage at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 … bishop granted a life-interest in the estate to Ethelwald and his son Ahlmund. 45 The bishop no longer owned an estate …
The Environs of London
… hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by Chigwell, Chingford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Barking. It contains about 2000 acres of land, of which … artificial slate manufactory. Near Woodford-bridge is the patent manufactory of artificial slate, belonging to Sir …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The … is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to … an acre adjoining the churchyard was owned by the 'parish officers' and occupied by the shepherds of the common flock. …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … 287; ibid. Supplement (1811), 365; V.C.H. Essex, ii. 417; Patent artificial slate-manufactory at Woodford Bridge, Essex …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … and the old house had been converted as a library and offices. The former West Lodge, a mid-18th-century house, … used. For some years the urban district council had offices there. 133 It is now (1965) used as a nurses' …