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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… blast-furnaces for converting scrap iron into pigs, and a machine for rolling iron Knees, keelsons, breast-pieces, and … department, for the construction and manufacture of gun-carriages for naval and land service, and of carts, … At the extremity of the east quadrangle is a riding-school of elegant design, near which is a large brick …
The Environs of London
… and his Lady, Elizabeth, born Aug. 22, 1751. Mrs. Withers' school. Mrs. Anne Withers, in 1754, founded a girls' school, and endowed it with 33l. per annum, as a salary for the mistress. Thirty children are educated in this school. Mrs. Wiseman's school. Mrs. Mary Wiseman, by her …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national school is maintained by the rector. The rent of three acres, … education, and apprenticing of twelve boys; in 1835 a school-house was built. Another school was endowed by the Rev. Lancelot C. Lee, for clothing …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was some rebuilding in the 18th century, and in the 19th a school and a nonconformist chapel were built, 19 but the main … Devizes until 1851. 8 Thomas Holmes, an iron founder and machine maker, was working at Wootton Rivers in 1848, and … 73 EDUCATION. In 1783 a few children were taught at a school probably in the parish. 74 Four schools were open in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in token of his joy for the victory, he ordered a sixty-gun ship, which was soon after launched at Woolwich, to be … is the ancient refectory of the monastery, now the King's school, in the decorated style, with some elegant windows, … Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics. The Royal grammar school connected with the cathedral was founded at the time …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… of c. 1520, and ( b) an Agony in the Garden, of the School of Rubens, c. 1700. Worcester College The N. Range of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Lowestoft, for establishing an English and Grammar School there, for the benefit of poor children belonging to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford church to his college at Oxford, and his school at Ipswich. 46 On Wolsey's fall in 1529 the church …
A History of the County of Essex
… of agricultural labourers from 113 to 104. 89 A threshing machine toured the farms. Because of the seasonal and limited … 92 The farmers firmly opposed the vicar's idea to set up a school c. 1825, consider- ing it 'inexpedient to overeducate …