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A History of the County of Sussex
… estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable by the late 16th century, 14 perhaps including the … removed. 19 There is evidence of deliberate landscaping, for instance in the creation of Wiston pond and in the laying … 59 until 1778 when it was sold to Charles Goring. 60 The Committee for Plundered Ministers had presented c. 1652, 61 …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… the arms of Pickering being the same as those recorded for Midhop, with the addition for cadency of "vulned, with an annulet argent," and in view … Kendal was John Layburne of Witherslack; Cal. of Com. for Compounding, 176. His children, Nicholas, Roger, Charles, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … and education beyond the requirements of the statutes, compounding his difficulties by eccentric severity, neglect … the house with a loan from the Diocesan Education Committee. In 1938 an appeal was launched to fund new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … council. It includes a stage, ballroom, gallery, bar, and committee rooms. 203 Market House ( Butter Cross) In 1560 the … Peisley, ORO MS dd Par. Witney c 49, no. 4. Cal. Cttee for Compounding, iv. 2585; PRO, SP 23/220, pp. 227, 229, 232; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … committees, and in 1807 there were ten. By then a small committee met weekly to assist the churchwardens and … Lamb, the Staple Hall, and the King's Arms. A vestry- or committee-room in the workhouse on Corn Street was mentioned …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Aelfwine (d. 1047), bishop of Winchester, 2 and except for two brief periods during the 16th and 17th centuries the … temporalities in 1558. 6 Bishop Watson (d. 1584) leased it for 80 years from 1583 to the queen, who soon after seems to … paid rent arrears for the manor to a local Parliamentary Committee. 10 In 1649, however, the Parliamentary Trustees …
A History of the County of Oxford
… conterminous with the late Anglo-Saxon estate, was large for Oxfordshire, covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the … rector being supported by a team vicar with responsibility for Hailey and Woodgreen. In 1988 the latter was redesignated … to 1968, after which disagreements between its management committee and the parish clergy, financial difficulties, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adherents necessarily lived within the town or parish. For much of the 18th century Dissent, though strong, never … but Methodism remained a dominant force in the town for much of the 20th century. The 19th-century Methodist … as an allowed meeting after the Friends' Home Mission Committee supplied a resident worker, and the meeting house …
A History of the County of Essex
… small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … 19 By 1524, however, the number of persons assessed for subsidy was the third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 … was said to be fishing. 89 Seven of the original committee of 11 of the Colchester Mutual Marine Insurance …
A History of the County of Essex
… higher. 50 In the 16th century bequests were often made for relieving the poor, 51 and weekly collections are … remaining powers after 1834 actively: a nuisance removal committee was set up in 1855 and a sanitary inspector … supply, drainage, and unfit housing. In 1866 a vestry committee, having inspected pollution in Wivenhoe brook, …