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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY In 1638 unlawful meetings and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas … but a schism occurred and some members, under Richard Wright, adopted Unitarian views and claimed the Deadman's … fact that the section of Particular Baptists under Richard Wright who seceded into Unitarianism about 1790 (see above) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both schools were supported by … in the town 'more privately taught by dames'. 71 Elizabeth Wright, by her will dated 1729, left house property, the … £117 a year, of which rather less than half came from the Wright charity. The boys learnt reading, writing, arithmetic, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Godwin the elder (1756-1836), author of Political Justice, and father of Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley's wife; James … ( fl. 1832-46), the first Baptist missionary to India; and Octavia Hill (1838-1912), the housing reformer and … medical writer, who practised in the town; and Richard Wright (1764-1836), Unitarian missionary, minister of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … spinning was introduced by tenants of New Mill: Edmund Wright, killed in an accident at the mill about 1808, …
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 … Valley), John Addenbrooke (Wollaston and Lightmoor), Wright & Jesson (Wren's Nest near Linley), and Pemberton & Stokes …
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, …