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A History of the County of Oxford
… and in the 1830s the Oxfordshire Yeomanry held annual public horse races as part of their summer exercises in … corporation bought the Institute's stock as the basis of a public library. 68 In the 18th century the town was noted for … and drift, sheet 236 (1938 edn.). Below, Local Govt., Public Health and Services. O.S. Area Bk. (1877). Below, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… provided for feasting and other entertainments but not for public services. 40 The right to levy rates was not invoked … to diminish: most of its judicial activity ceased, several public services were provided by private concerns, others … 1835 and later, but after an inquiry no action was taken. Public criticism of the closed corporation and the scandalous …
A History of the County of Oxford
… G. G. Banbury, draper. Banbury campaigned for the town's public cemetery and the abolition of church rates in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and supplied with water from a fountain erected at the public expense; a good troutstream flows through the lower … kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and a mechanics' …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Ibid.; Kelly's Dir. Glos. (1885 and later edns.). Public Elem. Schs. 1906, 191. Bd. of Educ. List 21, 1936 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… is attached. There is a burial ground, and near-by a public hall was built by the Moravians in the late 19th …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 4/3/19. P.R.O., HO 107/1925; List of Places of Meeting for Public Rel. Worship certified to Reg.-Gen. (1867); O.N.S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and labourers employed in the dockyard, arsenal, and other public works. The upper part of the town, towards the common … with water from the works of the Kent Water Company. The public buildings are on a scale of vast extent, and most of … Mr. Walker, and will prove eminently beneficial to the public service. The line of wharfage for the dockyard is very …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… house of 17th-century origin. The Royal Oak was open as a public house from 1848 22 or earlier and in 1997. On the west … in Agric. [4202-I], p. 258, H.C. (1868-9), xiii; Return of Public Elem. Schs. 1875-6 [C. 1882], pp. 286-7, H.C. (1877), …