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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Chelworth of the 'Hundred of Chelworth' is the one in the parish of Cricklade, not that in Crudwell. 85 It was at one …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Fiddington FIDDINGTON Fiddington 1837 The ancient parish of Fiddington, including the hamlets of Whitnell and … Parts of Spaxton lay to the north and south. 27 The parish, irregular in shape, occupied a shallow valley falling … the Parrett crossing, which not only converged within the parish but were joined for part of their common route by the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Augustinian canon and theologian and by 1463 had left the parish in the care of a chaplain. 54 Thomas Puffe, instituted … Most rectors were non-resident in the 18th century and the parish was served by curates. Matthew Hole, rector 1709-11, … was 5. 63 The church house, probably called the parish house, had been let to the overseers by 1684. 64 The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1851 four farmers worked most of the land in the parish and employed 23 labourers. Later in the 19th century … only two farmers had less than 100 a. 2 By 1905 the parish had almost doubled in size and most of the land was … ha. (741 a.). Arable land had increased to cover half the parish, with wheat on 215 ha. (531 a.), barley on 84 ha. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… EDUCATION. In 1676 a man was licensed to teach in the parish. 80 There was a day school in 1819 where 19 pupils were taught at parish expense. 81 In 1825 there was a Sunday school but no … and a voluntary school rate from 1873. 85 In 1873 the parish agreed to pay the rector a rent. 86 The school was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Fiddington Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The parish formed a single tithing by the 16th century but …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. There were recusants in the parish in the 1630s and in 1641. 72 A meeting house was … remained in 1988. There was an Independent chapel in the parish by 1861; 78 it was probably at Coultings and was last …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… MAGDALEN (7821) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 72 SE, ST 71 NE) The parish of Fifehead Magdalen has an area of 973 acres and lies … The two rivers flow together at the S.W. corner of the parish, 170 ft. above sea-level. The village stands on the … ridge, the houses flanking a street which runs W. from the parish church. Manor Farm and Middle Farm, beyond the W. end …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE, ST 71 SE) The irregularly shaped parish covers 1,350 acres, undulating between 200 ft. and 300 … a minor tributary of the R. Lydden in the W. Most of the parish is on Corallian Beds but there is a narrow strip of … Clay in the W. around Deadmoor Common. Until 1920 the parish was divided into two distinct parts, each with its own …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… been entered in the table with the name of the enclosing parish, as given in The PlaceNames of Wiltshire, added in … Blunsdons, and vills linked together to form a single parish, like Pitton and Farley, have been treated in the table as though each was a distinct parish in 1939. Changes in boundaries that have occurred …
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