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A History of the County of Shropshire
… and died out. 15 Wellington had a wake on All Saints' Day (1 November), if a Sunday, or the Sunday following, 16 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish on clay. A small pleasure-fair is held on Old Lady-day. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the king's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 12 c. 1590 the rent of its land at Dunwear had included a day's work at harvest time, 13 and in 1621 Little Sydenham … to be held on the vigil, feast, and morrow of St. George's day (23 April). 49 In 1301 Matthew received £30 damages for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… £5 a year by the vicar to teach up to 30. 32 In 1825 a day and Sunday school for 24 children was supported by … the parish. 42 Grove House school, a girls' boarding and day school, had been established by the 1930s and was still … 1950s there was a private co-educational boarding and day school known as Wembdon High School. 45 Part of St. …
A History of the County of Essex
… draw on he was short of labour, and had to hire men by the day for all tasks, including carpenters from Dagenham, and … parish by 1841, when the population was swollen on census day by 160 Irish migrant workers. 193 Two firms played a … to provide doles of 2 s. each to 5 poor persons on Easter Day. 296 John Heard, heir of William, seems to have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Verdon, Crophull and Devereux. Leland states that in his day it was a goodly castle but somewhat in decay. ( Arch. …
A History of the County of Essex
… there was no schoolroom. In 1835 the rector held a day school in the rectory twice a week for 73 pupils. 25 In … in 1964 and 1969. 32 In 1818 there were two small private day schools in the parish 33 one of which may have survived … Sunday school had c. 50 pupils. 35 A Primitive Methodist day school, apparently started c. 1851, had closed before …
Old and New London
… troop was quartered at Knightsbridge, and he one day venturing to stray along the lanes of Brompton, was met … are from designs by some of the first artists of the day. This court is divided into two parts by a broad passage … the great manufacturers of pottery of the present day in Italy, France, and England. The next gallery into …
A History of the County of Stafford
… inhabitants had broken the Sabbath and the Thanksgiving Day. 51 In 1668 he was accused of wearing his hat in church …