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A History of the County of Shropshire
… PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 … in 1922. 34 By 1882 the Hadley & Trench Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the … Eyton, intro. Telford Jnl. 7 Aug. 1975; inf. from Severn-Trent Water Auth., Wellington. Inf. from Salop Area Health …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wooburn 99. WOOBURN. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. … with representation of altar tomb and figure of child on it, inscription, lozenge with shield of arms and motto, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … of Middle Temple 1597, as 2s. Richard, of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. … Magdalen in the suburbs of Oxford 1604-15, and of South Stoke, Oxon, 1615-18; father of John 1610. See Foster's Index …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of … elaborate account of these relics in 1797. The village is on an eminence forming part of a range of hills which inclose … Woodcote WOODCOTE, a liberty, in the parish of South Stoke, union of Wallingford, hundred of Dorchester, county of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had separate … to 880 a. of arable, 2 divided between a larger area 'on one side of the township' (evidently in the open fields) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and there are other large mills … toll at a side gate on the road from Ashby to Burton-on-Trent, was sheltered from the weather by a common watch-box, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … the profits were taken to include the quitrents set on burgages at the town's foundation and still listed in … may have been carried by aldermen. There are also short staffs carried by the four tithingmen. Administration of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, … area of heathland on Bagshot Beds. Recent boundary changes in the S.W. have resulted in considerable gains, including …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was …