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A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … and provision merchants, established on the former Lamb Inn site at the corner of Corn Street and Market Place …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … a little further south, adjoining Crown Lane. 235 The Lamb (earlier the Bear) stood opposite on the north corner of … 244 Other inns occupied plots created more recently, the Lamb standing on the site of two former houses, 245 and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … were held in the town hall or in local inns such as the Lamb, the Staple Hall, and the King's Arms. A vestry- or … at the herald's visitation of 1574, when it depicted a lamb and flag between a crescent and a sun, with the legend …
A History of the County of Essex
… the west side of the Colne was transferred to St. Barnabas's, Old Heath. 5 The value of the rectory was estimated at 4 … 9A, f. 20; 9B, p. 60. Guildhall MSS. 25750/2, 25754/4. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Osbaldeston Papers 7; [G. Rickword] 'St. … E.C.L. Colch.; V.C.H. Essex, ix. 316. E.R.O., T/A 547/1; Lamb. Pal. Libr., Fulham Papers; Venn, Alum. Cantab. 1752- …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … Local Govt. E.R.O., D/DAc 386. Ibid. D/DEt T23; D/DU 27. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Terrick Papers 14. E.R.O., D/DEl L8; above, … Essex Gold, 37, 40, 69, 74; Brown, Essex at Work, 124. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Fulham Papers. E.R. lxii. 356. Memorial in …
A History of the County of Essex
… W. F. Tyler (1883-1927) a Band of Hope met, there were men's bible classes and prayer meetings, and the earlier … Ch. 40-5. Ibid. Wivenhoe Congregational Ch. 45-55. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Fulham Papers. King, We nearly closed, … Wivenhoe, 221. E.R.O., D/DEt M12; V.C.H. Essex, ix. 340. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Fulham Papers. …
A Dictionary of London
… of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de … part stopped up and built on by the Chamberlain of London (S. 42). First mention: "Wolsiesgate," 1300 (Lib. Horn. fol. … Chapel Court" (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. Guide, 1758). "Lamb's Court" (O. and M. 1677). Wood Wharf On the east and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … ½ a. 5 The 16th-century field names Shepen piece, Ox leys, Lamb leys, and Cow leys 6 suggest the importance of sheep and … a., presumably including the extra-parochial Wycroft and Lamb leys, and the four remaining farms ranged from 60 a. to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or … probably the site across Godstow bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was … north-west of a surviving wall. 34 Water was supplied by a conduit from Wytham. 35 The abbey was enlarged or rebuilt …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … been built by Richard Corfield, publican of the Ewe and Lamb, on property let to Horton by the lord of Shifnal manor, …