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A History of the County of Stafford
… Rolleston and briefly Boylston lecturer in Burton parish church; Henry Bee, a native of Stapenhill who had been ejected from Hanbury; Thomas Ford, … United Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in England in 1876, the Cross Street congregation became a part …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in a Burton charter, was possibly a maker or supervisor of a conduit. 10 There was probably a conduit in the market … was forbidden to draw water within 7 miles of St. Modwen's church, evidently in order to protect local supplies for the … Hay ditch, mentioned in 1336, ran from north of the abbey church along the back of tenements in High Street to Burton …
A History of the County of Stafford
… it was reported in 1577, would 'never to come unto the church'; in 1580 he was committed to the custody of the dean of Windsor in a failed attempt to convert him to … were 'ill affected in religion, come seldom to the church, and that for fashion's sake only, and come not to the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the late 18th century by William Sketchley, the author of The Cocker, a manual on game cocks, 13 and mains of cocks … 1956 and was later extended. 20 An association for several church- and work-based football clubs in the town was formed … Talbot inns in Horninglow Street in 1835. 12 A Church of England Young Men's Association was formed in Burton in 1846, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BURTON, BISHOP ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of … were commuted for land and a money payment in 1767. The church, which stands on an eminence, has an ancient chapel … was founded here by a general collection throughout England, the principal contributor being Roger de Mowbray: it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (b)XII, S.W.) Long Burton is a parish and village 3 m. S. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church of St. James, formerly a chapel of Sherborne, stands …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… L-shaped, covers nearly 7000 acres approximately N.W. of Newmarket. The S.E. part is entirely on the chalk and … was at the S. end of the present village around the church which stands on a low flat-topped circular hill about … settlement along part of High Street, N. of St. Mary's church; the former church of St. Andrew was perhaps the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Burwell BURWELL The parish of Burwell 1 lies by the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk boundary, … 12thcentury Burwell castle, near Spring close west of the church. A stream rising there combines with other minor … Bronze Age founders' hoards, one comes from near Burwell church. 22 Ten or more Bronze Age round barrows once stood on …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Burwell's substantial Church and Town lands charity, recorded by 1595 as St. Mary's … when levied, for the inhabitants and parishioners of the town, any surplus going to repair St. Mary's church. Sygar's devise of his lands was specifically for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in use, standing close together near the south end of the village street. St. Andrew's on the east was … In the mid 12th century the advowson of St. Andrew's church belonged to Robert son of Humphrey. Probably 1170 × … the rector whom it presented. 52 Probably after 1200 the church passed to the hospital at Fordham, whose prior Robert …