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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the whole work has been much denuded and reduced to little more than a series of scarps representing the general outline …
A History of the County of Essex
… with 28 labourers. There were then another five farms of more than 100 a.: Cooks Mill, Newbridge Mill, Pond, High … the Bergholt Hall woods. 70 By 1560 that manor had nine or more managed woods, totalling over 111 a. composed of oak, … nor under-tenants of Cooks Hall manor were allowed to feed more than four sheep or any cattle on that manor's common. 81 …
A History of the County of Essex
… a 17th-century timber-framed house with a brick wing. 50 More early houses survive on the sites of cus- tomary and … in the 1990s, although there was a recognized need for more low-cost housing in 1995. 60 Frequent amercements for …
Old and New London
… And praise th' invisible universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the nations meet, Where Science, Art, and … chiefly consisted of rows of houses crowded together more closely than was perhaps desirable. "Old Brompton," … Elm" Hotel, covers the site of what was known a century or more ago as "Brompton Heath." Here lived Mr. John Burke, the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was £2. 62 In 1667-8 the dole was distributed to 40 or more persons in sums of 1 s. or less. 63 By 1823 it was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… particularly in the southern part of the parish, made a more centrally situated church an urgent need. One was opened … founded All Saints' Church Association and pressed for more frequent services; a Wednesday evening service was … consider rebuilding his church on a larger scale and in a more central district; the incumbent replied that Lord …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Mayer's Green and thence south-east to the Birmingham road more or less along the line of the present Beeches Road, a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… date the demesne arable had been inclosed for 50 years or more and that others were following the lords' example and … later 18th century, however, their duties may have become more formal as tenants continued to throw together and … or for the building of cottages. In 1630 17 cottagers, the more prosperous ones, paid rents of 2 s. a year and upwards …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of government aid, with room for 6,414 children, and 6 more schools not under government, with room for 1,850 … A further 421 children were at schools where fees were more than 9 d. a week, and there were 5 cheaper … each borough individually. West Bromwich decided to build more primary schools and to provide its first nursery …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the later 16th century included the constable, one or more deputy constables, and two tithingmen or thirdboroughs. … be 'overcharged with poor to the number of threescore and more', 62 but it was in the later 18th century that the … age (70 and over). The aged, however, were not to receive more than 6 d. a week unless they had been 'industrious and …