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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … established and endowed by Lady Catherine Berkeley, under letters-patent from Richard II., in 1385; and it being … of the wapentake of Wraggoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 10 miles (E. N. E.) from Lincoln, and 139 (N. by W.) …
A History of the County of Rutland
… courtnamely, Isabel de Paunton in Glaston, the Bishop of Lincoln in Liddington, Stoke Dry, Snelleston and Caldecott. 3 … as an escheat, and in 1294 Warwick brought an action for its recovery. 7 The case seems to have been left …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… paper Wreath [wrathe; rathe] A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED … typically one of the possessions of the literate who wrote letters, particularly women. Usually they were expensive, … writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' [Patents (1688)], as was the 'finest and blackest Writing Ink, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the chancel has a boarded ceiling, all modern except for eighteen bosses of the 15th century, carved with foliated … hatchway to the upper storey. A main beam has mortices for former curved braces. The 15th-century low-pitched roof … several other slabs, retaining rivets and traces of rivets for former brasses; indents obliterated. In churchyardE. of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. South of Bratton is a … q. sess. rec. box 299, file of corresp. re J.P.s 1877-92, letters re Beattie's appt. Feb.-Mar. 1883; Orders of Q. Sess. … q. sess. rec. box 299, file of corresp. re J.P.s 1877-92, letters re France-Hayhurst's appt. and change of address, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and … of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the vicarial for 310. 19., and the glebe … of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bawtry; containing 335 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by … mining in the 18th and 19th centuries may have accounted for the scatters of squatters' cottages south-west of … barrack dwellings similar to those in Donnington Wood. 22 Lincoln Road and New Road, like St. George's, were laid out …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 The … other works. 88 Ironstone made greater profits than coal for landlord and tenant alike. In 1758-9 St. John Charlton … there by the 1850s. In 1882 a brickworks stood between Lincoln Road and Cockshutt Piece and there was also a kiln at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… averaged 20 in 1982. 71 In 1870 a brick mission in Lincoln Road opened, reputedly for poor people reluctant to attend the main Primitive chapel …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 In 1889 Powis … from Allscott and Charlton; Easter offerings; and 1½ d. for every cow and calf. 75 In 1655 the small tithes were … (given c. 1931) formerly the property of Bishop King of Lincoln. 42 The chest may be 14th-century. 43 The sundial in …