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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… mason's rejected stone fragment with incised liningout for cusped window(?) head and spandrel. Loose in N. aisle, cresset-stone with four holes for wicks. In churchyard, W. of tower, stone with square … and a grant from the Incorporated Church Building Society. Communion Rails: with plain octagonal balusters, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the abbot had failed to present. William held the rectory for life, but at the next vacancy a vicar was instituted; 95 … secured judgement in 1718 against two parishioners for failing to pay great tithes, on the evidence that he had … 2594. The church before restoration is described in Glos. Ch. Notes, 48-49, and by G. Ormerod in 1844: Glos. R.O., D …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… EDUCATION. Margaret Clayton established a charity in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a … year was paid regularly to a master in the years before a National school was founded at Gumstalls c. 1818. 2 The … charity 3 and in 1846 a grant of £30 from the National Society. 4 In 1818 there were 120 children, 5 but in 1825 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 5 The northern boundary followed the brook at Brockweir for almost a mile and then ran eastwards along the 600-ft. … of early-19th-century cottages and a house which was the National school from c. 1818 to 1862, 22 there was a house by … before 1863 and surviving until c. 1908. 97 A Friendly Society was registered in 1834 and an Independent Benevolent …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of two holding ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 The … SOCIAL LIFE The Polden Hill and Woolavington Friendly Society, founded 1854, and in the early 20th century the … the 20th century 5 and remains open. NOTABLE RESIDENTS AND NATIONAL EVENTS The Hody family originated as unfree tenants …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 1898 a. 1 r. 17 p.; it is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white … to these are immense store-houses, forming a grand national dept of warlike stores, of every description, for … built. The Methodists have a small place of worship. A national school for boys, girls, and infants, built in 1832, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. The soil is chiefly a strong clay, well adapted for wheat; the surface is varied, but in no part attains to … to the Monoux family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Wootton (St. Peter) WOOTTON ( St. … Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national school is maintained by the rector. The rent of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and of the late 16th century or early 17th, unusually for Wootton Rivers was built on an L plan. By 1732 cottages, … 118; for the estate, above, manors. Cur. Reg. R. vi. 251. Ch. Com. file, P34/409/1. Cur. Reg. R. vi. 251; above, manors … Endowed Char. Wilts. (S. Div.), 923; Acct. of Wilts. Schs. 51. W.R.O., F 8/600/300/1/1/1; ibid. 782/117. Rep. Com. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … library is attached, in 1815; there is also a society for the encouragement and improvement of native … church. There is a place of worship for Methodists; also a national school built in 1836, and an infants' school in …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… granted the right of collation to Bishops Heath and Pates for their lives and Elizabeth did the same for Bishops Sandys and Whitgift. 5 From then on the diocese … of death or burial have been found in the usual variety of national and local printed and manuscript sources. L. & P. …