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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 8 Two open fields, the east field and the west field, were first recorded c. 1230. 9 They lay east and south-west of the … on the manor was partly offset in the 17th century by the first crop of a meadow in the near-by parish of Crudwell …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1730, 31 ascended the south side of the valley to meet first an ancient route from Hampton Fields in Minchinhampton, … 68 The pamphleteer Joseph Trapp (1679-1747), who held the first endowed chair of poetry in the University of Oxford … House deeds. Ibid. D 690/XI/9, cutting from Evening World, 7 Dec. 1932. P.R.O., Ind. 25526 no. 299. Ex inf. the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for livestock are unconvincing, but the qualifier, Cherry, first recorded in 1576, may have arisen from the former … Brooks Roads as far as Coldhams Common. Before the Second World War that stream's bed was covered over, so that the water …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Reginald, who held it until at least 1388. 54 In 1401 the first vicar was appointed by the master of Peterhouse. John … a historian and an international lawyer. After the First World War the living ceased to be held by fellows of the College. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… stations for road repairs. Coal shortages during the First World War and the General Strike led to a decline in demand for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… being transferred to Coleridge School. 1 During the Second World War the children were taught in the parish room, as the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… council, being used as a youth hostel before the Second World War. In 1939 it was converted into the headquarters of the … house children evacuated from London. 62 After the Second World War it served briefly as a orphanage, and then as a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… interdenominational Free Church Council. 89 In 1906 the first pastor expelled one of his deacons at an open meeting, … chapel was served by two other pastors before the First World War. The pastorship remained vacant 1916-9 partly because of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… thrown open more fully to the nave. The Chancel is of the first half of the 14th century. The West Tower dates from the … chimneybreast, the S. side of which is splayed above first-floor level and carried on a stone corbel. To the N., … late in the 18th or early in the 19th century; it has two first-floor windows of this date with four-centred brick …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… but those of the W arch have scroll and bead moulding. The first stage of the tower above the roof of the nave has a … On the ground floor is a wide fireplace and on the first floor is a cupboard door of 16th-century linen … large open fireplaces, two being partly blocked. On the first floor are two original fireplaces, each with a …