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Old and New London
… Walk," of which we have spoken in a former chapter. 4 In 1826, Park Square was completed, and just beginning to … not to be used. The clerks were to have shaven crowns. The curfew-bell was to ring home at night the brethren and … inmates is generally about thirty, and the income is about 4,000 annually, but it is dependent mainly on voluntary …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ash-Wednesday and on the Monday after 12 October. The curfew bell is rung from March to September. Croston is … with thirteen hearths; the rector's house had five. 4 The commons were inclosed by an Act passed in 1724. 5 The … Croston and Mawdesley of Robert Hesketh by a rent of 8 s. 4 d.; also lands in Rainford and Bickerstaffe. His son Henry …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a medicinal well, commemorated by the name Spaw. The curfew bell is still rung at ten o'clock. 4 The Boar's Head Inn, on the west side of the Rochdale road, … with payments of 10 s. a year for castle-ward and 13 s. 4 d. for sake fee. 11 The tenants adopted the local surname. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for the burial place of the Stanleys, Earls of Derby.' 4 A more vivid account of its state in 1598 is contained in … passing through the town daily, or starting from it. 'The Curfew bell is rung at nine in summer and eight in winter . . … Burscough Register, fol. 13; also Chart. R. 14 Edw. I, m. 4, n. 23, and Add. MS. 20518. The earl's Charter, 29 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… district, the Douglas navigation scheme of 1720, 4 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, opened in 1774, have … 37 There was formerly a spa in Scholes. 38 The curfew bell, anciently rung at eight o'clock, was in 1881 … down the river by the school; in 1627 they paid a rent of 4 a year to the rector. 46 The corn mills, of which in the …
A History of the County of York
… that the corporation established a highly undemocratic curfew upon labourers, both 'foreign' and 'free'. 65 The … to Ray, 99; D.N.B.; Dickens, Lollards and Prots. 192-4. D.N.B.; Le Neve, Fasti, ed. T. D. Hardy, iii. 126. D.N.B.; … 86. York Civ. Rec. iii. 131-2. Ibid. 134. 5 Eliz. c. 4, s. ix; G. W. Prothero, Select Statutes Eliz. and Jas. I, …
The Environs of London
… which has been augmented by an artifical cut from the Coln 4. Manor of Twickenham. There is no mention of Twickenham in … in England, being a map of part of Surrey and Middlesex; a curfew, or cover-fire, and an osprey eagle in Terra Cotta, by … valued at 106l. per annum. The reserved rent is 35l. 12s. 4 d. 98 Vicarage. When the church was appropriated to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… separately for the proportionate rent of £13 13 s. 4 d. to the chapter. 39 The next lessee was William Blacker … the tithes of hay were worth £9 5 s. and of mills 30 s. 4 d. 46 In 1649 the whole of the rectorial tithe was worth … and causing the bell to be rung at 8 p.m. each day for a curfew and at 9 a.m. on Sundays to call the people to the …
A Survey of London
… Citie, and other Matters 1 commanded, and the cause why. Curfew Bell at 8. of the clocke commaunded fire and candle to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 3 In 1848 the rectorial tithes were commuted for £2,429. 4 In 1291 the vicar's share in the income of the benefice was valued at £6 13 s. 4 d. 5 In 1342 it was £3 3 s. 4 d., which included oblations … be ye meryal and the emblems of the Passion. 52 Until 1934 curfew was rung. 53 The sanctus bell is known locally as the …