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A History of the County of Oxford
… a tenth of the working population in 1851 were farmers or agricultural labourers, with another 3 per cent engaged in predominantly agricultural crafts such as smithying or coopering, and 7 per cent described merely as 'labourers' in either agriculture or industry. Lawyers, doctors, churchmen, and those of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… century and of two storeys, timber-framed and plastered or weather-boarded; the roofs are tiled. Many of the … chimney-stacks and exposed ceilingbeams. ConditionGood, or fairly good, unless noted. (3). House and shop, on W. side …
A History of the County of Essex
… increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … refreshment which in- cluded rye bread, herrings, milk or cheese, and pottage. Customary payments of pannage for … demesne lands included 104 a. of arable, 24 a. of feeding or mowing marsh, 15 a. of meadow, and 12 a. of wood, while …
A History of the County of Oxford
… South, East, and West. 93 The arrangement of the fields or furlongs for crop rotation before the 19th century is not … after hay harvest, and 31 a. in small inclosed meadows or hams along the eastern edge of Port Meadow and in … 4 ¼ yardlands in 1636, claimed the right to lease to 'foreigners' 48 cattle commons on Port Meadow, and in 1843 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… named Shuttleworth, now occupied as a farmhouse. Wonastow, or Weonastow (St. Wonnow) WONASTOW, or Weonastow ( St. Wonnow), a parish, in the hundred of … There are two places of worship for Independents. Wonston, or Wonsington (Holy Trinity) WONSTON, or Wonsington ( Holy …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 500 metres south-east of Wombridge church in 1847. 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge … remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits were sunk around Priorslee … the earlier iron mill. 19 By 1709 there were three mills or wheels at Wombridge, and they remained in use until at …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Wood ash - Wort trough Wood ash [wood-ashes; wood or weed ashes; wood or sope ashes; wood or soap-ashes; wood ass; wood ashes] Not … truly made, shorn and calendared ... now of late divers Strangers beyond the Seas have taken upon them to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the manor were presented in 1601 for not having a pillory or a tumbril. 41 The lord's right to gallows was possibly … by imposing fines on those who introduced chargeable strangers to the parish. 43 Two churchwardens have been …
The Environs of London
… there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am … the inscriptions of which have been since either removed or defaced:Anne, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638; Elizabeth, … was buried in the chancel, Nov. 8, 1644." Sir Thomas Rowe (or, as his name was frequently written, Roe) was born at …
A History of the County of Essex
… on the waste, the unlicensed sale of ale, sheltering strangers, and the failure to scour ditches or repair roads. The court also regulated grazing on the common. As well as constables one or two bread- and ale-tasters were usually elected. The …