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A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1743. 94 In 1753 the only alehouse was presented as a public nuisance and presumably closed. 95 Thereafter there … standard trees remained and grazing was thus poor. Labour services, valued at 51 s., comprised 140 owed every Friday … 1815 the rector was living in a nearby parish but held two services on Sundays. 89 In 1827 morning and afternoon …
A History of the County of Oxford
… employed curates or travelled out from Oxford to conduct services. Philip Potter, 1661-78, claimed, when accused of … someone to fetch him in an emergency. That attendance at services sometimes comprised only the clerk and himself was … to his curate John Cox of St. Mary Hall, who performed services regularly, attendances were poor; Gregory blamed his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the demesne, which was presumably farmed by means of services exacted from 20 villeins and 3 bordars who held the … 31 villein yardlanders paid rent of 4 s. each and provided services at the lord's will; 7 half-yardlanders paid 2 s. 6 … of Fretes croft, who paid the high rent of 1 mark but no services; the croft may well have been ½ yardland, making the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Parl. Grants [C. 8179], p. 192, H.C. (1896), lxv; Public Elem. Schs. Return [Cd. 3182], p. 530, H.C. (1906), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 1853 recorded 12 farmhouses, 10 tradesmen's houses, 2 public houses, and 39 cottages of the 'labouring poor'. 7 … of the end of Gravel Pits Lane was reputedly briefly a public house called the Flying Arrow. 34 Yarnton was referred … O.R.O., tithe map. T. Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767). Social Services in Oxf. District, ed. A. F. C. Bourdillon, ii. 410. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of the dukes of Buccleuch, in consideration of his active services in the suppression of the rebellion of that period. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was of only 21 a., and the tenants owed onerous labour services, including mowing, carrying, and stacking hay, … and afternoon service by 80 adults. 68 In 1864 Sunday services were still held morning and afternoon, each with a sermon; there were additional services on holy days and in Lent, and communion was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… living; he argued with the bishop over the need for weekly services in view of Yelford's remoteness, lack of population, … reducing the average number of communicants to 6; services for long continued fortnightly, becoming weekly in … paid 30 gns. or more. 44 In 1834 there were two Sunday services, but later in the century only one, with …