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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… Road (507) Evelyn House and College House, Nos. 49 and 51, on the S. side of the road, demolished in 1965, were … walls and tiled roofs. It probably was of the late 17th or early 18th century. The original range had a S. front of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Leland's assertion that there were formerly twelve or more parish churches of Wilton, if accurate, must be taken to include not only the borough but also its suburbs. The disappearance or total … near the former site of the church. 13 It was situated on the south side of South Street towards Bull Bridge, 14 but …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of … 13 Wilton had the exclusive right of holding markets on three days a week, during which time no market was to be … transfer of the county court from Wilton to either Devizes or Marlborough was seriously considered, and in 1280 a jury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… history EARLY HISTORY Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of southern Wiltshire 1 was an obvious … the very word Wiltonienses might apply either to Wilton or to Wiltshire. When about 909 a new West Saxon bishopric …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… estates MANORS AND LESSER ESTATES In 1086 Wilton was in the custody of Hervey, a royal official, who apparently did … in the rent was due to an increase in Wilton's prosperity, or to Hervey's efficiency, or his severity, can only be a … III granted it to his brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall, on the occasion of his marriage, 6 and at Richard's death in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates from the … favourable. 1 The right to hold markets weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday was granted to the borough … from Wilton whether the markets were held on the same day or not; the number and variety of these merchants, who acted …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became … constantly subject to attempts at definition by charter or by-law. As time went on observations made on the charters revealed increasingly …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Schools and charities SCHOOLS The Free School was founded with a bequest of 600 to the … year for placing four boys at 5 each to handicraft trades or husbandry; surplus income was to be saved for repairs and … school; no boy might leave before he was fourteen, or stay on after he was fifteen. The curriculum was extended to …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… Wiltshire Wiltshire Place name Date of inception of market The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the market First recorded … 157.5 381200 132300 Mildenhall 1220 1220 24 421000 169500 Old Sarum 1118 1212 8.67 414000 132700 Preshute 1236 418600 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is an agricultural parish which adjoins Saffron Walden on the S., and consists of a number of scattered hamlets. The … at the vicarage, uninscribed, probably by Robert Doddes or Mot, late 16th-century. Brasses: In N. aisleat E. end, of …