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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… the E. quoins are apparently of the 13th century. In the first half of the 14th century the North and South Aisles … cemented when the tower was re-built. In the N. arcade the first, second and fourth columns, part of the third column, … rear-arches, which are of the 15th century; above the first column on the S. side is an almost round-headed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1967. 51 There was a halt north of Bratton. 52 Most of the first recorded inns or public houses in the parish lay along …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with a venerable mansion erected by Sir William Pope, first Earl of Downe, in 1618, which still retains the name of … a splendid altar-tomb, with the recumbent effigies of the first Earl of Downe, and Lady Anne his wife, richly habited … by a mayor in the reign of Edward III., received its first regular charter of incorporation from Henry VI., whose …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… again being the dominant form of housing. After the First World War Oakengates urban district council built … interests by 1855. The network reached its peak during the First World War when 26 miles of track carried 1½ million … professional football clubs in the country, playing first on Wade's field (later Wade Road) and later on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… with a further 330 a. under grass. 74 After the First World War house building south of Trench Road further … an important part in the company in the decade before the First World War. By 1904 at the works there were pattern … employed ( c. 4,000). Munitions were produced during the First World War but thereafter a period of unprofitability …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Primitive Methodist minister became chairman. 83 At first a most disorderly board 84 torn by sectarian strife, 85 it achieved nothing in its first three-year term beyond preparing proposals and plans, … the master's house; his salary was £27 2 s. 10 d. The first master served at least 26 years. 12 The appointment of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by the Methodist church hall, New Donnington. 55 The first Primitive Methodist society in the county was … in 1821. In 1823 it became a circuit centre and the first circuit chapel was built at the Moss next to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 66 was appropriated to Shrewsbury abbey in 1333 67 but the first vicar was not instituted until 1341 and the vicarage … James Smyth, instituted 1635, 'deserted' the parish in the First Civil War. 98 Jonathan Gellibrand, minister from 1647, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Orleton (fl. 1240- 64) 18 - the manor of ORLETON first definitely appeared in 1295 when the last named William …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tything, in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Woking, W. division of … in 1839. The well-known apple called the Wyken pippin was first planted here; the parent apple was brought from … to the foundation of a priory of Black monks, at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by William d'Albini …