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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 298. Nonconformity, p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the … of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle Coal Measures. The coal measures outcrop either side of the band: to the …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… A century before Lysons the graveyard was 'famous for its tesseraick work' (Gibson, Camden's Britannia (1695), … is limited, but exploratory excavations conducted for the Department of the Environment by Mr. Giles Clarke in … at q, on the S. of court B, were of a furnace where coal had been burned. Of the outermost court, not necessarily …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. In 1729 Richard Cambridge gave £20, the … a choir and organ fund; any residue was to be used for a coal and blanket charity. In 1972 the small income accruing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at harvest time. 12 Customary tenements were held by copy for three lives but tenancies at will were also recorded in … animals. 17 The most likely use of common of pasture was for sheep; a shepherd was recorded at Woodchester in 1327 18 … included printing, represented by two firms in 1927, 31 coal-dealing, recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost immediately and continued into the 1990s, when, not for the first time, a further boundary extension was being … since in 1086 the western manor, Ditton Camoys, had land for 16 ploughteams but only 5 at work. 28 The c. 650 a. of … Granby Street. Development next to the railway included coal yards at the northern angle and a large malthouse at the …
A History of the County of Essex
… school, Sunset Avenue, originated as a National school for boys, opened in 1814. 4 This soon absorbed the boys … charities was 116, most of which was spent on gifts of coal, food, and clothing. Robert Rampston (d. 1585) left … in trust to maintain a tomb in the church, and to provide coal for the poor, 10 s. being given to the parish clerk for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles that of Cheltenham, but has … the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were commuted for land in 1767. The church is a modern structure, with an … 2658 a. 1 r. 27 p., of which the soil is generally poor. Coal is obtained in the neighbourhood, and a basaltic dyke …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is … near the township, and has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and … the hills is very fine. A little north of High Carricks, coal was worked in 1810, in pits about ten fathoms deep, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … £300 stock yielding £9 a year. It was distributed in coal to 80 poor families in that year, and continued usually as a coal charity, frequently augmented by the corporation from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a chapman, a harper, and a potter. Evidence adduced for a substantial pottery industry in Woodstock is weak, 68 … Higher subsidy assessments in 1541 and 1547 were accounted for chiefly by the inclusion of Leonard Chamberlain, steward … 3 wheelwrights, 3 saddlers, and a coachmaker; there were 3 coal merchants, 2 corn dealers, and a currier and cheese …