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A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … build another market in the town centre, opposite the Lion inn. 5 In 1869 the market hall was rebuilt, 6 probably by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 … regularly spent a week cock fighting at the Bull's Head inn at Rodington. 61 Cock fighting persisted locally until …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wooburn 99. WOOBURN. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the … in need of general repair. (3). The Royal Oak Inn, S. of the church, is of two storeys, built probably in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodall, William 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, … New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, … Wooddeson, Samuel s. John, of Windsor, Berks, pleb. New Inn Hall, matric. 12 Feb., 1668-9, aged 18; chorister of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … road from the highest part of the village, near the Castle inn, through the forest into the Lea Bridge road. The living …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … The cottages, which include the Royal Oak, recorded as an inn since 1781, 21 are all on the south side of the road. In … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … 1667 and much subdivided for cottages, workshops, and an inn. The remaining 2 a. was acquired, initially as a lessee, …
The Environs of London
… of religious houses 2, and, in 1546, was granted to John Lyon 3. The next year there was a grant of this manor to Sir … free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … James II. 1715; and Rowland Beresford, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 1719. In the south aisle are the monuments of Drigue …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … parish, the 'Wheatsheaf' in Lower Woodford and the Bridge Inn in Upper Woodford. The 'Wheatsheaf', probably an …
A History of the County of Essex
… paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been … artificial slate, was demolished before 1811. 38 Sir James's son Sir George invented a method of cutting stone pipes, …