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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not … has proceeded outwards from this nucleus, resulting in an oblong area some 6 miles east to west by 4 miles north … of them attended both weekdays and Sundays, and the staffs and their salaries were on a generous scale. The staff …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Nene. It appears to have emerged from Wisbech (St. Peter) in 1109 when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of … and convent. That this separation had not taken place in early times is suggested by the fact that the parish … unusually so. The largest settlement is round the church, in the north-east corner of the parish about 3 miles …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It became indeed the main feature of Wisbech life in the later Middle Ages and was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed to have originated in 1379, the year of the earliest surviving account. 99 Certain entries in the account, however, make it plain that the Guild had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not to become largely a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, … of incomers, began a fundamental and long-term shift in the town's social and economic structure. Such changes …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, … about 1375, though his surname was probably hereditary. 2 In the early 16th century a chantry priest evidently taught … 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a schoolmaster. 3 A schoolhouse was mentioned …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 … manorial and (possibly) town quarries were recorded in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at Westminster in 12923 and at Exeter and Winchester a little later, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the bishop procured excommunication against unnamed … jurisdiction, administered at first by officers appointed in the borough court, and from the 17th century governed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Arch. J., 7 (1972), 967). a(1) Ring Ditch (SP 89536468), in the N.W. of the parish, on alluvium at 40 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a ring ditch 30 m. in diam. ( BNFAS, 6 (1971), … Cropmarks b(32) Motte (SP 90856293; Fig. 161), known as Beacon Hill, in the centre of the village, 150 m. S. of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Education There appears to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when … 'petty' schools were recorded. 76 A Sunday school, started in 1813 on the 'new' or National system, closed shortly afterwards for lack of financial support, and in 1815 the three day schools taught only 46 children. 77 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way … the road from Watling Street to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to … 1975. Work to link it eastwards to the M 6 at Essington (Staffs.) was completed in 1983. 76 A network of canals and …