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Alumni Oxonienses
… s. Geoffrey, of Nantwich, Cheshire; studied at Oxford, but more at Magdalen Coll., Cambridge; under-bailiff 1580, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the road, is also of 17th-century square framing, and more eastward on the other side at the bend to the north-east … 8 d. charged thereon for John Scardevile. For a century no more is heard of it, but Sir John Dawtrey, who died in 1542, … of eight yews, perhaps 16th-century, and there are three more on the south side. ADVOWSON The advowson 100 of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… still 19 copyhold estates on Rodley manor but none was more than a few acres; 70 8 copyholds, probably the last … one in Elton were taxed in 1672. 93 The parish had four or more blacksmiths during the 19th century and one was still …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… that no boy should be paid for by the charities for more than two years. Schoolmasters were appointed by the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… some small but pronounced hills, although no part rises to more than c. 200 ft. Part of the north-east, however, is … few timber-framed buildings survive, but there are more than is immediately apparent because of the use of … stood close by. 42 Although it was the parish centre and more nucleated than any of the hamlets Westbury village …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… cultivation on the chalk downlands as well as on the more fertile soil beneath. 24 In 1364 75 a. lay on the downs … in the south-east corner of the ancient parish, was a more compact estate. It was a corn-growing and sheep-rearing … were occupied in farming. 48 Flocks of 1,000 sheep and more were still maintained on the downs by farmers who also …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… In 1923 pensions and maintenance expenses amounted to more than £150. 65 Stafford Brown, Ivy Court Almshouses. In …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 15th century onwards, but doubtless the structure is more ancient. The church is built of rubble, plastered over, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1835 it was changed to Tuesday in the hope of making it more convenient as a corn market. 71 The presentation of a … and in 1880 the Whitsun fair was said to consist of no more than one or two gingerbread stalls, 78 and by 1888 it …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in a small way of business, but one or two were among the more important Wiltshire clothiers of the time, and the few …