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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… regions. In the north was the Cheese Country devoted to cheese dairy farming and grazing. To the extreme … the Cheese Country was being formed, extended, and defined by the conversion of permanent tillage and rough grazing to … exclude the possibility that the poor were sometimes given harsh treatment or the smaller occupiers disadvantaged. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… every county or district are directed, in the first place, to supply their own wants, and next, to enable themselves to purchase those necessaries which they cannot raise, by sale of those of which they have a surplus.' 1 This … might be reduced in number by as much as a third on a given acreage, although if the farmer also broke up downland …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… causes of these fluctuations have been in no way peculiar to Wiltshire, and the fundamental explanation of the county's … The number of male farmers and graziers in the county, as given in the Census Reports, having fallen from 1851 until … happy ones. In Wiltshire, partly as a result of a visit by Joseph Arch to stimulate union organization, the labourers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Chaigley AIGHTON, with Bailey and Chaigley, a township, in the parish of Mitton, union of Clitheroe, Lower division of … N. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Clitheroe; containing 1795 inhabitants. Aighton, … the name of Halghton, was granted by Ilbert de Lacy, prior to 1102, with other lands, to a family who is supposed to …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… but because there was no reliable evidence, he was ordered to abstain until sufficient information had been more fully … wife of Martin Pollard, wrote to complain that A had given her 6 emetics for 9s. Initiator of the complaint … Attitude of the accused denied Pressure applied by College yes Action taken Deferred as there was no clear …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Aisholt AISHOLT Aisholt c.1838 THE ancient parish of Aisholt or Asholt lay in two parts: the … area, irregular in shape, measured 3.5 km. from east to west and 1 km. from nsorth to south, the smaller was … 3 The larger part of the parish is divided into three by two streams which flow in steep-sided valleys, the land …
A History of the County of Somerset
… FOR THE POOR. Anthony Amery, rector 1577-1620, gave £15 to the poor. The bequest was used to buy the church house, … distributed to the poor on the Sunday before Christmas. 96 By 1786 the charity seems to have been confused with the £20 given by Thomas Good in 1689. 97 Amery's charity had probably …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a chaplain at Aisholt in 1267. 17 The living was a rectory by 1291. 18 It was held with Over Stowey from 1919 and united … Alice, wife of William le Pruz, conveyed the advowson to Thomas Fraunceys and his son Thomas. 21 In 1313 the … in 1535, 55 included land at Doniford in St. Decumans, 56 given to the rector for serving a chapel at Doniford. 57 In …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1 ploughteam, was all in demesne except for 10 a. occupied by 2 bordars, and had 1½ a. of meadow. Holcombe, where there was land for 2 teams, was divided equally between the demesne, with 1 team on ½ virgate and 2 servi, and 1 team … By the early 15th century East Postridge manor 83 appears to have been entirely enclosed and over 400 a. were shared …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Aisholt Education EDUCATION. The rector was licensed to keep a school in the parish in … In 1846 a small cottage school, possibly in the Old School House, taught 29 children and a further 4 boys attended only …