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A History of the County of Stafford
… in West Bromwich by 1686, apparently a private academy, 72 and by then the parish was entitled to send two boys to Old … the later 18th century there were schools for the poor 74 and several private academies, 75 and the first Sunday … from Golds Hill were similarly transferred. Hateley Heath Junior and Infants' School, Huntingdon Road, was opened …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the divided manor held view of frankpledge by 1255, 15 and in the later 13th century the court leet, apparently held … for both parts, was meeting twice a year, at Michaelmas and Easter. 16 In 1293 the lords successfully maintained … whipping-post stood at the corner of Hollyhedge Road and Heath Lane opposite All Saints' Church. All three were then …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Green which by 1732 belonged to Jesson Lowe, an ironmonger and a younger son of John Lowe of Lyndon. 80 Crump Hall was … also included a farm at Mount Ephraim to the north-west and another to the south-east near Bird End. The estate was … is probably identifiable with the warrener's lodge on the Heath mentioned in the 1650s. 57 In 1759 and 1792 the lord of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… affiliated to the Midland Association of Baptist Churches, and had a membership of 43. The burial ground attached to it was presented by George Cutler, and the mortgage on the chapel was paid off by Mrs. Benjamin … come under his ban. He began to build a meetingroom on the Heath on a site in what is now Paradise Street, 39 but he did …
A History of the County of Stafford
… towns, because much of it was situated on sloping ground and because the soil facilitated drainage. 15 None the less … epidemic of 1832. A temporary board of health was set up and a hospital opened in the former Revivalist chapel in Spon … replaced by a new infectious diseases hospital opened in Heath Lane in 1885; this has been used only for chest cases …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 1830s it usually began on the first Monday in November and by the 1850s often lasted a week. Stalls were set up in High Street and shows housed in a field in Lodge Road and on open ground … in High Street on the site of the market hall and the Heath iron warehouse and adjoining the old library. It is of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… itself can be traced from the earlier 12th century 58 and the name Lyndon from the earlier 14th; 59 the name Lyne … 60 The open fields lay in that part of the parish, 61 and a market was held there in the early 18th century. 62 By … was an inhabited area by the end of the 16th century. 71 Heath End south-east of the junction of the roads from Tipton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… West Drayton Manors MANORS. In the 12th century the dean and chapter claimed that ten manse at WEST DRAYTON had been … given by Athelstan to the cathedral church of St. Paul, and the date 939 has been given for this grant. 9 Though both … were supplied with water by a conduit leading from Pield Heath in Hillingdon. 74 Entrance to the grounds was by two …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Flegg Hundreds, West and East Billockly BILLOCKLY. William de Beaufoe, Bishop of … land, with 10 of meadow, but Beaufoe had recovered it, and Bernar held it under the Bishop; one carucate in demean … of land, 20 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 20 of wood, 40 of heath, 40 of furse, 100 of marsh, 4 l. rent, and the rent of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Flegg Hundreds, West and East Hemesby HEMESBY. Algar Earl of Mercia, son of … in the time of King Edward; Alwi bought it of Algar, and Stigand the Archbishop of Canterbury, took it from him, … of meadow, 1000 of pasture, 80 of wood, 1000 of furze and heath, with the advowson of the vicarage of the church, &c. …