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A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … 363; (1926), 389; Evans, Childhood Memories, 20, 25; F.J. Brown, 'Cinemas of Telford 1910-83' (TS. in possession of Mr. Brown), 3, 6. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1727)]. Alternatively it could refer to a child's hobby-horse or a TOY horse, but probably not to a ROCKING … date of use: 1483 Found described as BLUE - GREY, BROAD, BROWN, COARSE, DRAB, FRENCH, GREEN, NARROW, NEW, RED - GREY, … tea, possibly the same one, was still on sale in the U.S.A. during the1850s. It had its own entry in an American …
The Environs of London
… free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, … and James II. 1715; and Rowland Beresford, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 1719. In the south aisle are the monuments of Drigue …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … Elmhurst is a three-storey late-18th-century mansion of brown brick with a later south wing. The front has a central … garden front is of dark red brick, and its bay-windows of brown brick are probably later 18th-century additions. …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … estates in 1803: Monkham Farm was bought by George Brown and Monkham House, leased since 1795 to Mrs. Pearse, 95 … the estate. In 1814 he acquired Monkham Farm from George Brown and, during the next few years, various fields near …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … (Colettines). 78 It is a late-18th-century building of brown brick having a two-storeyed front of five bays and a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern … the surface hilly. The living is annexed to the rectory of Brown-Candover: the tithes have been commuted for 168. 10., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … and Jane Gibbs (d. 1686, 1692). 2 From 1723, when Gabriel Brown became innkeeper, the George prospered; in 1738 Edward … Harley, earl of Oxford, found it 'a very good house'. 3 Brown (d. 1739) was succeeded by his wife Anne and nephew …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … but his debts exceeded the value of the estate. 55 Sophia Brown (d. 1859) by will of 1830 gave to the corporation a house in Brown's Lane to provide doles to the poor in memory of her …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … rector, and a silver almsplate was given by Sophia Brown in 1845. 41 The churchyard contains several … Oxon. a 39, f. 170; Boro. Mun., framed drawing of Lancelot Brown's plan to crenellate park wall: reproduced in D. Green, …