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A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … Blake school at Witney was closed, but the same year John Wright, a native of Witney then living in Philadelphia (USA), … the Holloway school was closed and the Holloway and Wright endowments were transferred to the new Witney Grammar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … the terms turry, tchure etc., Eng. Dialect Dict. ed. J. Wright (1981 edn), s.v. tewer; VCH Oxon. xi. 87 and n. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … in 1764 at Spendalls. 27 In the 18th century a wheel- wright, a blacksmith, a cordwainer, and a barber and wigmaker … A. F. J. Brown, Essex People, 657. E.A.T. n.s. v. 199. Wright, Essex, ii. 395; E.R.O., D/CT 406; ibid. D/DHt M23; …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 167; Morant, Essex, ii. 188-9; below, this par., Manors. Wright, Essex, i. 395; Alum. Oxon. 1715-86. Dept. of Env., … private development of 300. E.R.O., T/P 195/11, p. 21; Wright, Essex, i. 396; A. F. J. Brown, Essex People, 64-9. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were … 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th century were Queenswood and Wallamoor wood in … Valley), John Addenbrooke (Wollaston and Lightmoor), Wright & Jesson (Wren's Nest near Linley), and Pemberton & …
Alumni Oxonienses
… graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, … 1556. See Bloxam, iv. 134; & Foster's Index Eccl. Wright, Abraham s. Richard, of London, gent. St. John's … See Ath. iv. 275; Robinson, i. 116; & Foster's Index Eccl. Wright, Abraham pleb. Wadham Coll., matric. 20 Feb., 1648-9, …
The Environs of London
… hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by … of Bennet Hannot, Esq. about the year 1770, by Sir James Wright, Bart. the present proprietor 22. The church. The … medicinal purposes; but is now in no estimation. Sir James Wright's artificial slate manufactory. Near Woodford-bridge …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … 37 Soon after buying Ray House, about 1776, Sir James Wright established a factory there for making artificial …
A History of the County of Essex
… Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the … to sell it, 93 and they did so soon after to Sir James Wright of Rayhouse. 94 Wright auctioned part of his Woodford estates in 1803: …
A History of the County of Essex
… does not seem to have been appropriated, even temporarily, and its incumbent has always been styled a rector. But part … composition was made in 1224 between the abbot of Waltham and the rector of Woodford to settle certain divisions of … in 1585 among Essex's non-preaching clergy. 24 Robert Wright (15891619), later bishop successively of Bristol and …