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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Rev. F. J. Hilliard. The church contains monuments to the Dunche family. Sinodun Hill, in the neighbourhood, is surrounded by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port … economy of Colchester. 21 Between 1381 and 1560 from 20 to 29 Wivenhoe men became Colchester bur- gesses. 22 By the … enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for British and foreign governments, before the firm was …
A History of the County of Essex
… on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, covered 1,549 a. (627 ha.). 85 Its port … slightly in 1897 when c. 15 a. from Elmstead was added to the south- east corner, and in 1934 when Old Heath meadow … may have been many noncon- formist births in addition, and immigration apparently exceeded emigration, so that popu- …
A History of the County of Essex
… From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the … were held at least once a year, with usually 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's … and Wivenhoe was supplied by the Eastern Gas Board, later British Gas. 93 Forrestt's, the shipbuilding firm, was lit by …
A History of the County of Essex
… Robert Gernon. 92 After Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, Henry I granted it to William de Mun- fitchet. On the death in 1267 without … his three sisters, and the overlordship of Wivenhoe came to Giles de Plaiz, Lord Plaiz (d. 1302). 93 It then descended …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… principal part of this place. It was afterwards granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges stretching … with sculpture of various designs, supposed to be either British or Danish. Near the south-western angle of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then common to Yarnton and Begbroke, lay north of Wolvercote. To the east was the extra-parochial area of Cutteslowe (281 … clear evidence for settlement in the area is the Romano-British pottery found near the modern Oxford bypass in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 50 A National school opened in 1846 and a short-lived British school in 1860. 51 George Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 tried in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where … became chairman. 54 The National school was offered to the board for a nominal rent but the board rejected the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1816. The number of immigrant workers in Wombridge led to numerous settlement disputes. 19 Wombridge was included in … a new water supply were held up. Wombridge ratepayers had to deal with sewage and industrial effluent flowing in from … The creation of Oakengates urban district in 1898 helped to improve municipal government, the U.D. comprising the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… sope ashes; wood or soap-ashes; wood ass; wood ashes] Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and … was regarded traditionally as the most important of all British industries, and as such was the most highly …