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A History of the County of Chester
… first purpose-built chapel was opened in 1799 and numbers rose slowly before the Famine and rapidly afterwards, …
A History of the County of Chester
… 11 Natural increase ensured that Chester's population rose continuously, but between 1841 and 1871 and again in the …
A History of the County of Chester
… predated the railway. Farm productivity improved, rents rose, and rent arrears fell. All the indicators suggest an … services. Between 1840 and 1878 the number of businesses rose by 46 per cent (Table 13). There were also changes in … trades, including consumer durables such as furniture, rose to 9 per cent of businesses, while the number of people …
A History of the County of Chester
… Engine Works failed. 13 Though the number of firms rose again in the 1890s and 1900s, particularly with the … grow much. Employment in shops, services, and transport rose from 26 per cent of the working population in 1861 to 42 … for poor-rate purposes of the central shopping streets rose by 18 per cent. 14 Overall growth was, however, …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… And on the Vigil of Christmas next ensuing, Queen Isabel rose from childbed in the Castle aforesaid, purified, with …
A History of the County of Chester
… of Vale Royal and his Chester agent, Robert le Barn. 13 It rose to a peak during the campaign of 1282-3, when … links. An outstanding example was the Blund family, which rose to prominence under John, mayor 1316-17, who bought the … 5 In other instances members of local gentry families rose to prominence in city life. In particular, the Bruyn …
A History of the County of Chester
… reached their peak. Receipts during Michaelmas week also rose slightly, but never matched those for Midsummer, and the … 35 in the 1460s, and 30 in the 1470s, but then apparently rose to 44 in the 1490s. The busiest single year was 1500-1, … from Ireland. 22 Prices for skins in the luxury market rose fast between 1500 and 1550, marten tripling in price and …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… of the diocese of Lincoln. 8 Id. July. Roger Bernard and Rose Ley ( Rocsieley) his wife, of the diocese of Ossory. The …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… 4 Id. April. John Glemham, donsel, nobleman, and Rose his wife, damsel, noblewoman, of the diocese of Norwich. …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… to summon those concerned, and to confirm the election of Rose de Everhusen, nun of Nuneton, in the diocese of …