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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it from the chalk bed. The ground falls northwards, at first steeply from 50 m. to 30 m., but has a more shallow … was noted as a site of botanical importance between the First and Second World Wars, and in 1963 the Chippenham Park … Way. 5 Entertainment of royalty at the manor house was first recorded in 1578, when Elizabeth I knighted her host …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and in 1386 it was exchanged. 46 Thomas Bowles was the first layman to present a vicar, in 1549. 47 The next …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… medieval open fields: Sound and Stonehill fields were first recorded c. 1144-6, and the others were named by the … the rest at the Cottage and main farmhouses. Between the First and Second World Wars domestic service ceased to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Beorhtnoth, first abbot of Ely, purchased after disputes four estates at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and modern alterations. Inside the building on the first floor is some panelling of early 18th-century date. … the cornice is moulded and has square modillions; on the first floor level is a square panel bearing the initials and … with a panelled door, and there is a similar door on the first floor. One room on the first floor has a wooden cornice …
A History of the County of Essex
… the original arrangement of six small windows was then first replaced by a large window. The roof of the nave … returned as 8 s. 2 d. 97 The church now has two bells. The first was cast in 1672 by Anthony Bartlet, the second in 1737 …
A History of the County of Essex
… about 1780, with a central round headed window in the first floor and in the roof. 26 Mayfield, a red-brick … The police station (see below, Public Services) was the first large building in the town to depart from the classical … salary. 94 He was followed by Mrs. Eliza Bancilhon, at first with a salary of £25, 95 later of £11, with riding work …
A History of the County of Essex
… represents the date at which the house was built. A first-floor room at the north-west end has panelling of about 1700. During the first half of the 18th century a new staircase was inserted, …
A History of the County of Essex
… a market was held as early as the 12th century. 66 The first explicit reference to one is in 1287, when John de …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1733-50, usually attended meetings and signed the minutes first. After his death the clergy rarely attended until 1792, … June it was decided to hold a ballot to decide the first allotment of pauper apprentices. In 1803 the vestry … with the neighbouring parishes in a poor law union. The first meeting of poor law guardians for the Ongar Union took …