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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on January 12th, 1806, during the night previous to the day on which it was intended to be opened to the public; and … let for 375 per annum, which is distributed at Easter and Christmas among orphans and widows, those of clergymen having … of 29. 10. per annum, half of which is distributed at Christmas among widows and others. Yate (St. Mary) YATE ( St. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Brasenose Coll., matric. 29 Jan., 1629-30, aged 19, B.A. day before (28th); rector of Bradley, co. Stafford, 1636, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… attendance on Sundays was no longer important since 'every day . . . is a Christian's Sabbath'. 96 A Puritan conventicle … There were 273 children on the roll in 1993. 78 Two other day schools with 20 children existed in 1819 79 and in 1833 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… de Montagu was given a weekly Tuesday market and a three-day fair at the Assumption (15 Aug.). 27 There is no evidence … 63 pupils in 1825. 11 In 1833 there were three schools: a day school for girls begun in 1828 which had 12 pupils … as housing 'a superior village school'. 12 In 1847 two day schools, both mixed, taught a total of 32 children, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from … £10 was to be distributed to the poor in meat and bread on Christmas Day and on the anniversary of his death, £4 in bread and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Begbroke. Each meadow was allotted and mown on a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter … in 1304. 37 The practice of completing mowing in a single day made it necessary to hire labour from outside the parish, … to livestock, on the Monday following the parish feast day (St. Bartholomew's day, 24 August). 38 Two meadsmen were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… subscriptions. The teacher was the parish clerk. 53 A day school started in 1814 was in 1815 attended by 8 boys and … and giving each child a full suit of clothes on New Year's Day. The only assistance was £3 from the Fletcher benefaction … vicar claimed variously in later years to have started the day school in 1803 and 1805: ibid. b 38, f. 237; Wilb. Visit. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end to the 'revels …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'proper proportion' of labourers out of work, 'being one day for every yardland'; farmers were to pay the 'usual …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… service was on Good Friday. Communion was celebrated at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun, and received by c. 15 …