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A History of the County of Warwick
… at the conference of midland Baptists (later the Leicestershire Association) in 1651 at which the subscribers …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was renamed the Coventry Mercury and Warwick, Northants., Leicestershire and Oxfordshire Advertiser. Originally a …
A History of the County of Leicester
… from 1,073 to 673. With the exception of Rossendale and Leicestershire, the decrease in every main centre of the … of the output, value, and relative importance of the Leicestershire area, for no distinction is made in the census …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 1840, there was fully onethird of the frames unemployed in Leicestershire.' 56 The depression seems to have been at its … The most striking advances were made by William Cotton, a Leicestershire man, who started in the factory of Cartwright … common in the 1890's. 134 In March 1895 the Leicester and Leicestershire Amalgamated Hosiery Union said that in …
A History of the County of Leicester
… by his friendship with the former Liberal member for South Leicestershire; 20 and John Easthope, a more interesting man … it too moderate and in 1836 founded a rival newspaper, the Leicestershire Mercury, which became the champion of both … on the 'rights of labour' which he contributed to the Leicestershire Mercury, 66 and though the Working Men's …
A History of the County of Leicester
… the county. Until 1832, its members were almost invariably Leicestershire gentlemen, with houses at Rothley, Rotherby, … of the Duchy of Lancaster, as well as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. 103 To these two earls now, and no longer to … Boothby Skrymsher, a country gentleman with estates in Leicestershire at Tooley Park and Foston, but described in …
A History of the County of Leicester
… of land in the Midlands. He was the greatest landholder in Leicestershire, with 37 manors in demesne, and was made … of Lincoln who had 17 burgesses; the holdings of the Leicestershire tenants in chief were negligible by … to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, waged private warfare in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, during the suppression …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 60 In 1630 compositions were called for from those in Leicestershire who had failed to take up the honour of … his own pocket, and in 1636 Sir Henry Skipwith, Sheriff of Leicestershire, was hoping to be the first sheriff to pay in … of a group of counties. He was Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1559 to 1595 and steward of the honor of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… and one Congregational Sunday schools established the Leicestershire and Rutland Sunday School Union, which had 20 … plans went through, however, and in 1836 the Leicester and Leicestershire Collegiate School was opened. One hundred and …
A History of the County of Leicester
… In July 1836 publication of a fourth paper was begun, the Leicestershire Mercury, which expressed the views of the more … paper was published as the Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury. 286 The Leicester Advertiser, which … population. In 1851 and 1861 20 per cent. came from beyond Leicestershire, but in 1891 and 1901 the proportion was 28 …