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Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… to superintend the execution of his design. Mr. Harrison's plan was a semicircle, a form, in some respects, possessed … that they would gladly avail themselves of her munificent benefaction. Mr. Thomas Thompson contracted to execute the … 283 seats, in the new edifice, were sold for 2061, 19 s. to freehold proprietors in the parish, to be annexed to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry VI on 20 May 1438, 2 and at the archbishop's request the king accepted the title of co-founder ( tanquam … end of that year (new style) saw the purchase of Charlton's Inn at the corner of Cat St. and High St., 6 and the … in Oxford. 15 All Souls was, therefore, Chichele's third benefaction to the University. It was to be both a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 154 are in the township of Allerthorpe, 1 mile (S. W. by W.) from Pocklington. The general surface of the … the parish of Childwall, union and hundred of West Derby, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles (S. E.) from Liverpool; containing in 1846 about 800 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Almshouses Ludlow (Hosier's) ALMSHOUSES 31. HOSIER'S ALMSHOUSES, LUDLOW These almshouses were founded by John … by 1482, 2 having presumably been built in Hosier's lifetime. In 1486 his executors conveyed lands in Ludlow, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Almshouses Shrewsbury 33. THE MERCERS' (OR ST. CHAD'S) ALMSHOUSES, SHREWSBURY These almshouses were founded in … under the provisions of an obit agreement at the foundress's death, the endowments were vested in Thomas Attingham, … Drapers' Company, seem to have originated in a private benefaction by the astute Shrewsbury draper Degory Watur. In …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 73 The name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of … inns in 1818, the Red Lion, the George, and the Harpur's Arms. 79 The Red Lion, rebuilt c. 1840, became a temperance … Bounty in 1816 and another of £300 in 1823 to meet a benefaction that year of £200 from the vicar, John Simpson. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… certainly stood on the site of Nield Bank, 95 and Dun Cow's Grove was recorded as Duncote Greave in 1600. 96 Gamballs … of that name in Quarnford which was the centre of the area's button trade. 20 Obadiah Tunnicliff, who was living at … Aug. 1820; S.R.O., D. 1029/1/1, p. 117. L.J.R.O., B/A/11B. Benefaction board in Flash church, Quarnford; below, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… suit at the manor court in 1769 was 58. 72 The township's population in 1801 was 391, rising to 467 in 1811. It was … the market place called the Board in 1850 and the Butcher's Arms in 1860 became the Grapes c. 1866. 81 A horse post … Prayer hang at the west end of the nave, along with a benefaction board which dates probably from the 1790s. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened north-east of the village in 1959. 18 A Women's Institute was formed in 1962. 19 The belief that coins were … may have originated in the early 13th century, when Hugh's grandfather owned a park in Quarnford. 23 Hugh Despenser … Commissioners gave an annuity of £6 13 s. 4 d. to meet a benefaction of £500, comprising £200 from the Poor Benefice …
A History of the County of Stafford
… result of mining at Ecton, in Wetton, 37 and the township's population was 731 in 1801, 828 in 1811, and 854 in 1821. … Mining at Ecton declined in the 1820s, and by 1831 Warslow's population had fallen to 696. Mining in Warslow itself … and in 1829 a grant of £200 was made to Warslow to meet a benefaction of £600. 62 By 1832 the endowments comprised the …