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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities … the Connaught Hall, on the corner of Chapel Road and Union Place. In 1935 it was transferred to a converted cinema …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOTTON ( St. John the Evangelist), a parish, in the union of Dorking, First division of the hundred of Wotton, W. … gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division of the county … 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of … from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may have increased following disafforestation in 1301. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of … The township, later parish, was in Wellington poor-law union 1836- 1930. 17 Wrockwardine Wood C.P. was formed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to … 1836 and 1930 Wrockwardine was part of Wellington poor-law union, which rented the Wrockwardine parish workhouse in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. …
A Dictionary of London
… Wyremongers - Wyvenelane Wyremongers Founded 1479 by the union of Chapemakers and Wyredrawers. No one to work on November 25th, the day of St. Clement the Pope (N. and Q. 11th S. IV. 147). Wysswarf See Fish Wharf, near London …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXIV Letters of James II granting peace and protection to University of Glasgow (1453) XXIV. Letters … II. taking the University of Glasgow under his firm peace and protection, and exempting the rectors and others … regents, masters, beadles, writers, stationers, parchment-makers, and scholars continuously studying, while they are …