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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… broad. In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. but when the great Survey was made, towards the … are on a grand scale, lofty and spacious. The fabric, taken as one built for a commoner, exceeds the loftiest ideas … and Lady; an old Lady by Sir Godfrey Kneller; two sea pieces of merit and two India pieces. I saw in this …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote … 1358 may have been part of the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the north … mill, as it was by 1616; a small amount of wool was taken in 1341 from John Cabbel of Wolvercote who had had one …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 2 d. a week for each child, even when living on credit at the shop. 84 A school board was formed in 1874, but the … accommodation up to 416. 88 The school, which had been taken over by Oxford City after the boundary changes of 1929, … branch of the charity, £3.92, was used for rewards and prizes for poor children. 91 Mary Judge, widow of the vicar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1929 the whole of the southern part of the parish was taken into the city. The boundaries of the earlier … was given to Godstow by Reynold of St. Valery c. 1166; at that date Wolvercote, Yarnton, and North Leigh seem to … parish, Oxford, presumably because St. Edward's had taken over St. Frideswide's parish church (closed in 1298), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… later. 96 St. Frideswide's priory had view of frankpledge at Cutteslowe. 97 In the later 18th century the churchwardens … of £418 in 1832 99 (when the paper mill was closed for at least part of the year), 1 the cost per head, c. 16 s., … when the parish was abolished. The vestry's functions were taken over by a parish council in 1895, and, unofficially, by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with that of Trysull annexed, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The … spire; it was enlarged and thoroughly repaired in 1841, at a cost of 1500, and now contains 600 sittings, of which … is a commanding view of the river to its influx into the sea. A small theatre was built in 1813; and concerts are held …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1656. 55 Before 1693 a minister built a house on the waste at Oakengates and lived there, but within a few years Francis … 58 From that period there is evidence of regular services at Wombridge, perhaps interrupted in the 1770s; baptisms and … moved to Wales and the one Sunday service there was then taken by Robert Smith, curate of Shifnal. Said to be …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… for tradesmen's horses. 17 Mills. There was an iron mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on … C. & W. Walker of Donnington. The Eagle Iron Co. was later taken over by the Snedshill Co. 76 Martin & Sons, iron … and c. 1960 the Snedshill works was one of the enterprises taken into the Lilleshall Co.'s Building Materials Division. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in 1613, and three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four were licensed in Wombridge … in the late 1930s by the Charlton Mound committee, was taken over by the urban district council in 1948-9. 85 In …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… served. Wooden combs were the cheapest available, valued at as little as 6½d DOZEN. Not found in the OED online Found … and probably by extension to the skins from which it was taken. This would explain why wool fells were invariably … varieties of WORMWOOD were most commonly used; that is, SEA WORMWOOD for children and 'people of ripe age', and …