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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … definite indication of the growth of commercial interests in Wisbech is the grant (1190) by Richard I to the tenants of … 67 The Corporation also seems to have issued its own currency; in 1668 the town bailiff was authorized to spend £5 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wigston, Wiston WIGSTON, WISTON. In Wiseton of the kings Soc of Oswaldebek belonging to Maunsfeild also, was … time was 10s. 2 In Wiseton were four bovats of land and an half, which anciently were wont to yield 10s. which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … of columns, and cornices of white marble, numerous coins, domestic utensils, and other relics. Witcomb Parva …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … suggested destruction by fire. The few finds included coins of Tetricus I, Constantine I and Gratian. A rubbish pit …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… an Iron Age 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A tile stamped VLA 1 is … is said to have yielded more than 200 4th-century Roman coins; accounts differ as to whether they were contained in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE … by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a … spearhead found south of the town, and Iron-Age and Roman coins, 9 but except for a possible fortified Iron Age site at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, … W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … and the Salutation of the Virgin. A few years since, coins of the Emperors Constantine, Valentinianus, and others …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … more ancient building; and a variety of Roman and Saxon coins was found, together with some Nuremberg counters, used …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is mainly … Arch. J., 7 (1972), 967). a(1) Ring Ditch (SP 89536468), in the N.W. of the parish, on alluvium at 40 m. above OD. Air … pottery, including samian, painted wall-plaster, three coins, a small bronze bell, an iron lock, pieces of baked …