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A History of the County of Oxford
… is described below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been … parish council in 1895 and by the Wolvercote commoners' committee in 1929. 28 Plans made in 1913 to draw up a Scheme … O.R.O., Dash. XVI/1/a/1-20; XVI/1/c/1-22. Cal. Cttee. for Compounding, iv, p. 3057; Reg. Ann. Coll. Merton. i, ii …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 97 In the later 18th century the churchwardens paid for the repair of bridges, a causeway, and the river banks, … in 1895, and, unofficially, by the Wolvercote commoners' committee in 1929; the committee was still functioning in 1985. 4 Rot. Hund. (Rec. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 tried in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where 250 children … instigation of C. C. Walker, 66 Oakengates Science and Art Committee was formed to promote technical education in the … McC. McCarthy, 68 who served for thirty years, as did the committee's first secretary, R. L. Corbett. 69 The enrolment …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in market gardens around London would traditionally return for the wakes, some with dowries. 57 Horse and donkey races … (Manchester Unity) met at the Bull's Head, Oakengates. 66 For many years after its foundation in 1938 the Uxacona lodge … Hall, provided in the late 1930s by the Charlton Mound committee, was taken over by the urban district council in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was confined largely to fixing HINGEs, and rather later for securing the corner blocks in the seat frames of CHAIRs … Joseph Whitworth fifty years later, most screws were made for a specific job and there were few in the shops. The … are apparent, expressed in advertisements like the one for an 'Apprentice ... wood-screw filer' [Newspapers (1760)], …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by King Cnut, who gave it to Ely abbey in 1022 in exchange for Cheveley. 58 Archbishop Stigand later held it as lessee … and granted it outright in 1285. 68 The king's grantee (for life) in 1283, Robert de Crvecoeur, gave it back in an … C 142/458, no. 26. Ibid. C 60/519, no. 59; Cal. Cttee. for Compounding, ii, pp. 8534; Hore, Cheveley Estate, 578 …
The Environs of London
… called Epping Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. Land-tax. This parish pays … and his heirs 4; which seems not to have been valid; for it appears that Sir John Lyon, Alderman of London, to … were still detained, upon some reasons known to the committee, and could not be paid; they were, therefore, so …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… across the river. It appears that Upper Woodford has for long been the largest of the three villages. The houses … 1863. 37 In 1226 the manor was granted to William Harpeham for life, for the yearly rent of one pound of incense. 38 The manor was …
A History of the County of Essex
… school, Sunset Avenue, originated as a National school for boys, opened in 1814. 4 This soon absorbed the boys … the age of 14, that part-time schooling should be arranged for those obtaining employment before that age, and that the … mixed juniors and infants, and in 1953 the Essex education committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's …
A History of the County of Essex
… still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was … of middle class city workers. Streets of houses built for them, and later ribbon development, joined up the … board, was supplying every house in the parish. 123 A committee was appointed in 1831, during a cholera scare, to …