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History Theses 1901-1970
… Doris M. Gill. London M.A. 1919. Members of parliament and elections in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire between 1660 and 1714. Pamela W.U. Ward. … of Methodism in Cornwall in the 18th century. R.A.F. Mears. Oxford B.Litt. 1925. The contribution of John Wesley …
Survey of London
… to Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, by the Prior and Convent of Rochester in 1197. 11 The earliest mention of … the clock, and the peal of eight bells (cast by Messrs. Mears and Stainbank, Whitechapel) were all added shortly after the …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Broadwell Parish: Filkins FILKINS TOWNSHIP The large and thriving village of Filkins, 12 with its concentration of … in 1969 the two 19th-century bells were recast as one by Mears & Stainbank. 5 A new burial ground, given by the owner of …
Survey of London
… mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, poet and Surveyor General of Works, of which some parts still … the same time to the west of it for the Earl of Clarendon and Lord Berkeley. It was the smallest of the three and, as … and furnishing, including payments of some 2557 to Mears, the smith, some 1743 to Millbourne, the carver and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… into Burton. 12 Wells A 'common well' mentioned in 1632 and a 'common pump' mentioned in 1770 may also have been in … it from private wells. 14 The water was generally hard, and soft water from wells such as one at Bond End Farm had a … the mid 19th century. 15 Mains Supply In the later 1850s and 1860s breweries began to take an increasing amount of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which belonged to the king from the 9th or 10th century, and was endowed with what was almost certainly part of it. … William Purdue in 1658 was replaced by one (iii) cast by Mears & Stainbank in 1928; the third bell (vi) of 1707 was recast by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Cannock-Wood, Hednesford cum Leacroft, Huntington, and Great Wyrley, 2852 inhabitants, of whom 1125 are in the … was a forest or chace belonging to the Mercian kings, and is supposed to have derived its name from Canute, the … some years ago, in a creditable manner, by Mr. J. Mears, a native of the city. At the north-west of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Cannock Churches, schools and charities Churches There was a chapel at Cannock by the … founded as a dependency of Penkridge collegiate church, 2 and by the later 12th century it was attached to a prebend in … (i, v, vii, viii) 1923, J. Taylor and Co.; (ii) 1849, Mears; (iii, iv, vi) 1747, Bagley. 82 The surviving registers …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… of Carron House, Northumberland, forfeited by him, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Thos. Slingsby, of … 1653. Fine at 2/6 14 l. 9 s. 1 d. 226 192 30 Dec. Paid and estate discharged. 24 1123 Purchaser of the Estate of … &c., in Kirkby Moorside, co. York, forfeited by him, and bought from the Treason Trustees by Edm. Jennings and …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… 63 796 Rich. Andrew, of Thorpe Underwood, co. Northampton, and 2 other purchasers of Sir John's estate, beg to compound for Rothersthorpe and other lands in cos. Northampton and Bucks, sequestered for his recusancy. 219 612 1 Jan. …