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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At Henton is a … flows through the village into the river Frome. A fair for cattle and general traffic is held on the 14th of May. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at harvest were worked; in addition, labour-services for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the … and were increased from 1289 by the addition of rents for new assarts. 10 Shortly before the Dissolution the … a small annual rent in 1535 to the lordship of Striguil for land at Ashwell and the Roads Grove, part of Oakhill …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 1898 a. 1 r. 17 p.; it is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white … a spacious and lofty building, in which are, a steam-engine of 20-horse power, which works two large lift-hammers weighing nearly four tons each; and a steam-engine of 14-horse power, working three tilthammers, of less …
The Environs of London
… gave the old market-house (where the cage now is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or … William Hussey, 1714; William Hussey, his son, Solicitor for the City of London, 1776; John Smith, Esq. (son of … school, and endowed it with 33l. per annum, as a salary for the mistress. Thirty children are educated in this …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and of the late 16th century or early 17th, unusually for Wootton Rivers was built on an L plan. By 1732 cottages, … of the site of the pond several houses and four bungalows for old people were built in the 20th century. In the later … Lilbourne was diverted to run beside and south of it for c. 150 m.; 25 that part of the lane was later called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … gas, and supplied with river water by means of a steam-engine, erected on the eastern bank of the Severn at a place … &c, and much of it is exported by means of the Avon navigation. Brick-clay, gravel, sand, and marl, exist in …
A History of the County of Essex
… but fled into the Mere when pursued. 43 The River Stour Navigation Co. made the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to Sudbury between 1705 and 1709, … Guard were formed, and Worming- ford was allocated a fire engine. 83 A village hall, built in 1949 on the south side of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued … in the gift of Eton College: the tithes have been commuted for 1068, and the glebe comprises 76 acres. The church, an … operation, and several quarries of stone of good quality for building. The village is beautifully situated on an …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … off Lyndhurst Road north-east of the town, with a pumping-engine and water-tower near by, and mains were laid in the town. 81 Another engine had been added by 1865, 82 a new storage tank was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … built, and of neat appearance. It has long been celebrated for the manufacture of fine broad-cloth, which affords … market is on Friday: there is a fair on September 25th, for cattle and cheese; and a fair for cattle on the Tuesday …