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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on the road to Chatteris; containing 502 … of Cranborne, Wimborne division of Dorset, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Wimborne; containing 461 inhabitants. It is situated … containing 624 inhabitants. It comprises 2153 a. 3 r. 7 p., of which 1577 acres are arable, 448 meadow and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Paul (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLI, N.E., (b)XLI, S.E., (c)XLII, N.W., (d)XLII, S.W.) Witherslack is a parish on the W. border of the county 8 … Queen Anne, after the Union, with the initials and date A.R. 1710. Stoup: octagonal stone bowl, now at Beckhead Farm …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of the church of Barton co. Westmorland; Cal. Pat. R. 1374 p. 422. 1178 Orm son of Thore 3 accounts for 40 marks … Roger his son may be set free by safe pledges. Pipe Roll, Yorks., 34 Henry II. 11901210 Roger son of Orm son of Thore … esq., Tho 8 Preston, esq., Richard Gilpen, gentleman, W m Cairus, Tho. Warde, Ewan Gilpyn, Brian Manser, Robert …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mentioning Witney blankets in 1663, Wood's Life, i. 505. R. Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxon. (1677 edn), 27880; (1705 edn), … Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 1517; H. Heaton, Yorks. Woollen and Worsted Ind. (1965), 8893; below. The … PRO, PROB 4/6045. Gent. Mag. 62 (1792), pt. 2, p. 1144; W. Cobbett, Rural Rides, ed. P. Cobbett (1885 edn), ii. 1778. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), opened a factory at the Crofts in 1933, and in the … blanket-cleaning service. 16 44. Bridge Street Mills ( W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. … Witney Workho.] (1922): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. c 256 (55). R. P. Beckinsale, 'Factors in Development of Cotswold Woollen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… L.E.A. C. and J. Gott, Bk. of Witney (1986 edn), 34; H. W. Pouley, 'Story of a School: Woodgreen School' (TS 1983): …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Green was rebuilt in 'Jacobethan' style about 1900 for T. W. Foreshew, a director of nearby Clinch's brewery, while No. … shop; O. weaving sheds; P. old drying shed; Q. dye house; R. dye store; S. cottages; T. bicycle shed; U. office; V. … Crofts Mill in 19313 for James Walker & Sons of Mirfield (Yorks.), though the factory was smaller because yarns were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 478, 513. Cal. Chart. 12571300, 2745; Bampton Hund. R. 71, 91; below. Below, Crawley, local govt.; Hyde, … Creighton, Hist. Epidemics in Britain, ii (1894), 170; G. W. Child, Sanitary Condition of Oxon. (2nd Rep. to Combined … I/i/4, p. 265; Bodl. MS dd Harcourt c 282, E. Harcourt to W. D. Wood, 12 Aug. 1887. Kelly's Dir. Oxon. (1903); for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1945. VCH Oxon. i. 401; Chartulary Winchester Cath. ed. A. W. Goodman (1927), pp. 18990; below. For royal control during …