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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it … and in 1845 an act was passed for a railway from Oxford to Wolverhampton, with a branch of a mile and a half to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1619 The poor prisoners of the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/26/43 (1619) To the right … the neighbors of Wyre Pidle. John Chauntrell Barnarbie Pole Anthoney Younge Anthoney Ordridge William Baxster …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Quarter Sessions: 1700s The churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Saint Clement. Ref.110 BA1/1/188/77 (1700) … by a very late instance of his cutting downe a sign pole and a hedge belonging to William Long victualer on …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Quarter Sessions: 1790s Charles Faulkner, keeper of the Worcestershire bridewell. Ref.110 BA1/1/521/31 (1790) … bridewell July 13th 1790 To the worshipful the justices of the county of Worcester assembled in sessions The humble … William Meill, manager of the theatres of Worcester, Wolverhampton and Ludlow. Ref.110 BA1/1/525/105 (1791) To the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED earliest date of use: 1733 Found described as for CART, TUMBRIL See also … ream of writing paper' and '8 remnants of Ditto' in one Wolverhampton outlet that sold mainly grocery [Inventories …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 … and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Wolverhampton; containing 285 inhabitants. Here are the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Education EDUCATION. John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th … amounting in 1853 to £45 including the mistress's salary of £35. 69 In 1885 an infant department (60 places) was added … her husband provided the site. 79 Income in 1848 consisted of £32 17 s. 6 d. in subscriptions and collections, £24 11 s. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … (17881818). Polled at St Mary's, Norwich, 17961806: of Ipswich in 1799, South Walsham in 1812, and St Stephen's, … ye neatest manner. [Heal] Yardley, Samuel, St James's Sq., Wolverhampton, Staffs., cm and joiner (1833). [D] Yarnall, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … called a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: … SPUN, TURKEY, WOOLLEN, WORSTED Found describing HOSE, PIN, POLE, STOCKING See also BAY YARN, CAMLET, GROGRAM YARN, IRISH …