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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… another bridge in the parish is called Twyford bridge. The river is navigable for barges, by which a considerable … feet in span, cast at the foundry of Messrs. Walker and Co., of Rotherham, was erected in 1805, at an expense of … imports are, coal from Sunderland, and timber from the New Forest. A constant intercourse by boats is kept up with …
Alumni Oxonienses
… college lecturer on moral philosophy; vicar of Willoughby, co. Warwick, 1701-9, rector of Sopworth, Wilts, 1710, and of … B.A. 6 July, 1601. Yate, Charles of Waltham, Hants, gent. New Coll., matric. 6 Sept., 1679, aged 18, fellow, B.C.L. … M.A. 12 April, 1595; one of these names chaplain of New Coll.; will at Oxford, proved 15 Oct., 1631. [ 35] Yate, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Secular a(1). Eamont Bridge (Plate 153) over the river Eamont, on the N. border of the parish, is a structure …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Croft in Main Road. In 1991, despite recent infilling by new houses and closes, 28 the older part of the village was … all like Yapton itself were later held of the lord of River in Tillington as mesne lord. 3 Undertenants of Yapton … those two farms were worked with a holding in Ford as a co-operative of c. 1,200 a. The parish was then 95 per cent …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western … parish suggest that the southern part of the route was new. The original road to Sherborne may have passed through … 25. Ibid. D/D/Va 1840, 1843; DD/WR 12; Harrison, Harrod, & Co., Dir. Som. (1859). P.O. Dir. Som. (1866, 1875); P.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the better management of the distributions. The new scheme typically reflected Thomas's ability to combine …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bowdery, then incumbent, intended to replace it with a new, two-storeyed, four-roomed house, with wash house and … the chancel roof has been removed. 95 In the 14th century new two-light windows were inserted west of the north and … of the pulpit and reading desk (1817-18), the opening of a new entrance in the north wall of the tower (1840), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was inclosed. 26 Much land between the village and the river was meadowland. Some meadows were evidently arable in … to sell off large parts of the estate. By 1573 several new freeholds had been created, including that bought by … in the 18th century was woad, heavily labour intensive. Of new farms created, the most notable were Hill farm, whose …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the new parish clerk's house at the north-west end of Church Lane … materials, and giving each child a full suit of clothes on New Year's Day. The only assistance was £3 from the Fletcher … operated sporadically in the later 19th century. 62 A new school with accommodation for 53 children was built in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish … 92 The increase was allegedly the consequence of building new cottages for poor families, who then 'over-filled the new cottages also'. 93 The temporary presence of railway …