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Alumni Oxonienses
… graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain … 1611, M.P. East Retford circa (April) 1624-5, 1625, 1626, taken prisoner and committed to the Tower, where he died in … colonel in the western army, governor of Bridgewater when taken by Fairfax, retired to France, knight marshal of …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… pottery found in 1863 in the long barrow on Bown Hill, at SO 82300180, was taken to Cheltenham College Museum. 2 The alleged site 3 of … from it, is perhaps to be equated with the supposed kiln at Little Britain, noted on p. 81, S.V. Minchinhampton. (1) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Lord Ducie: the tithes have been … of Wirrall, probably abounded with oaktrees, though at present there is but little of that species of timber in … commuted for 640, and the vicarial for 180. The church was taken down, with the exception of the tower, and a new …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the sum had increased to £561 and an estate was purchased at Hamfallow, in Berkeley. 9 By 1818 the number of the dame … in 1828. 13 In 1834 a school was built by subscription at North Woodchester 14 and in 1847 it had 28 pupils. At that … education, £20 for eveningschool fees, and £10 for school prizes. 19 The average attendance at that date was 127 but …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the Inchbrook valley rises to a height of over 750 ft. at Bown hill. The Nailsworth and Inchbrook valleys are formed … was built in 1867 linking Nailsworth with the main line at Stonehouse and having a station, situated just inside … the late 19th century private development has generally taken place west of the village on the higher slopes of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… pieces within Woodditton open fields 'which if they were taken as the boundary of the two parishes would cut Wood … Ditton Camoys, had land for 16 ploughteams but only 5 at work. 28 The c. 650 a. of heath estimated in the 1790s 29 … evident in 1500. 36 Most of the clearance had probably taken place by 1086, when the manorial woods were reckoned …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 23 The tithes alone were worth £80 a year in 1792. 24 At inclosure in 1815 the vicar was allotted c. 200 a. forming … By 1873 the curate of Cheveley was holding Sunday services at Saxon Street. 49 A purpose-built chapel of ease, Holy … have been preserved. A matching bench end was apparently taken to America by an emigrant former churchwarden in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was taken by William I. William de Noyers was lessee of the … whom the manors were vested by an Act of 1730, 89 and who at once sold them to Charles Seymour, duke of Somerset, 90 … (fl. 1260s to c. 1302), probably his son. 34 The earl had taken it in hand by 1316. 35 Earl Robert de Vere (d. 1331), …
The Environs of London
… now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from … Christopherus, a poor Greek, who had suffered losses by sea to the amount of 1000l. and upwards, anno 1643; … of Woodford. The above account of Sir Thomas Rowe is taken from Ant. Wood, vol. ii., and the Biographia …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1 The parish includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In … from at least the mid-17th century until 1860, when it was taken back into the hands of the bishop. 39 The manor-house … of the area of arable, and after 1939 more downland was taken into cultivation. The low-lying meadows by the river …