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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … about a century continued during the 18th century, and the census of 1801 showed 4,710 persons. The town was again about … led to a steady increase of about 30 per cent. The 1931 Census showed a population of 12,006 on the then existing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … visited their brethren at Wisbech at the invitation of John Milles, a member of the Wisbech congregation, of … a prominent centre of Nonconformity in Bishop Compton's 'census' of 1676, which enumerated only 12 Dissenters here as …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … at Thakeham. 42 This article was written in 1978. Census, 1881-91; ibid. 1931 (pt. ii); ibid. 1961-71. O.S. Map … Protestation Returns (S.R.S. v), 197. S.A.C. xlv. 147. Census, 1801-1971. A. Fletcher, County Community in Peace and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural … with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just … and Early, Blanket Makers, 1502; PRO, HO 107/1731 (Hailey census, s.v. Woodgreen); Sale Cat., Freehold and Copyhold …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial … the 1830s. Visit to Witney Mills (1898). PRO, HO 107/1731 (census 1851); cf. Pigot's Nat. & Comm. Dir. (1842); PO Dir. … Dir. Oxon. (1883 and later edns); PRO, HO 107/1731, Hailey census, s.v. Woodgreen. Oxf. Jnl. 20 July 1833; no glove …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) … origin and devpt); econ. hist. OS Area Bk. (1877); Census, 18811901; below (borough bdies); below, local govt. Census, 195191; ORO, RO 1192, RO 1730. West Oxon. (Parishes) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 1804, pp. 3989, suggesting a slightly lower fig.; Census, 180111. Poor Abstract, 1804, pp. 3989; Census, 180111. Young, Oxon. Agric. 3257; cf. Brewer, Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … 13 people attended Witney meeting house on the morning of Census Sunday, 93 and in 1873, following further decline … Attendance at the afternoon and evening services on Census Sunday that year was a hundred or more, and regular …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … comprises 16 parishes or places, and, according to the census of 1841, contains a population of 11,282. In the …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, the lords presenting regularly, except in … were summoned for refusing to pay the church rate. 44 On census Sunday 1851 attendances of 256 in the morning and 500 …