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A History of the County of Oxford
… was allegedly the consequence of building new cottages for poor families, who then 'over-filled the new cottages also'. … houses, 2 public houses, and 39 cottages of the 'labouring poor'. 7 Cottages were said in 1868 to be 'badly constructed, … copy in Westgate Libr., Oxford. Stokenchurch Turnpike Act, 5 Geo. I, c. 1 (Priv. Act). O.R.O., tithe map. Annual …
A History of the County of Oxford
… anachronism that persisted into the 19th century; church, poor, surveyors', and constables' rates were all so assessed. … attended by c. 6 parishioners. 23 Two overseers of the poor were chosen annually by rota from the parish's leading … limit as high as £3 10 s. 25 In 1776 Yarnton spent £32 on poor relief, rising to an average of £76 between 1783 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has tended to diminish the number of applications to the poor's fund. There are in various places remains of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1777 (map of 1778 in NRO) but nothing is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… under leet jurisdiction. 21 In 17756 41 was spent on poor relief, in the three years to Easter 1785 c. 37 a year. … 1831 and 1834 an average of 318. Yatesbury joined Calne poor-law union in 1835 25 and became part of North Wiltshire … 1936. 93 The school was closed in 1963. 94 CHARITY FOR THE POOR None known. This article was written in 19945. Maps used …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fifty persons. The Peak Forest canal commences here. An act was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield … amounting to 14. 14., is chiefly distributed among the poor. Yelvertoft (All Saints) YELVERTOFT ( All Saints), a … Anne Rant in 1698, is divided between the rector and the poor, the latter of whom have also 4 acres that were allotted …
A Dictionary of London
… Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 49). One of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… resident for some forty years, and his bequests to the poor of many neighbouring parishes suggest that he had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The 11 yardlands on which the parish was rated for poor-relief in 1708 presumably excluded much of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were reduced on appeal: it was found that Yelford had paid poor-rates to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called … been placed on the Lenthalls. 96 The Yelford for which poor-relief expenditure was recorded in the early 19th … estate: sometimes c. £8 was spent, but in several years no poor were recorded. 97 From 1834 Yelford belonged to Witney …