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A History of the County of Essex
… de Lucy, the Justiciar of Henry II, to hold for 1 knight's fee. 55The grant was confirmed before 1163 by Gerard de Limesi, Alan's son. 56 De Lucy's interest in the manor subsequently passed through his …
A History of the County of Essex
… servants or gardeners, 221 were professional business people or gentry, 155 local tradesmen, 60 were engaged in the … which was started by Mrs. Elizabeth French in the 1860's, with a fleet of carts largely occupied in supplying gravel … before 1888. 42 The best-known inn at Chigwell, the 'King's Head', has been mentioned above (see p. 20). The present …
A History of the County of Essex
… opened a school (see Schools). During the early 1840's, under its minister the Revd. T. Hill, it made itself … Heath held services, assisted by students from Spurgeon's College, London. 59 In 1864 the Woodford Congregational … a large and influential section of the church. 72 These people acquired a site at the other (east) end of Palmerston …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… houses. Four houses were empty by 1891, when there were 15 people, and only one house, not the Hall, was inhabited in … This account was completed in 1984. For the parish, see O.S. Maps 6", XXXIX. NW., SW. (1891 and later edns.); 1/25,000, … 1831 probably derives from counting under Childerley c. 45 people inhabiting cottages built on the Childerley estate in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 90and in 1535 the united living was assessed at c. £6 10 s. 91By 1530 the parsonage had been leased to Sir John Cutts … clerics for several years. One in 1341 was the bishop's cross-bearer. 6Richard atte Pond, rector from 1349, 7who … for the Brookes, whose household supplied most of up to 12 people attending its afternoon services. 31In 1984 it was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Between 1086 and the early 13th century Chilton Foliat's downland was apparently assigned as agricultural land to a … side of the street in 1995. Also on the south side 9 old people's bungalows were built, 5 in 1959 91 and 4 in 1974, 92 … on relieving 72 adults and 76 children regularly and 45 people occasionally. 98 Expenditure rose rapidly in the early …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a. which included a detached allotment of 208 a. on King's Sedgemoor, south of Moorlinch parish, added in 1800. 11 The … farmers. 19 By 1871 two farms measured c. 350 a. and six people were involved with dairying, 20 and in 1875 four of … There were four shops in 1947; a builder then employed ten people, a baker three, and a butcher two. Three shops and an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Chimney Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Chimney's inhabitants attended Bampton Deanery manor court as a … 43 earlier it presumably elected a hayward, since Hayward's Lane was mentioned in 1450. 44 In 1641 the tithing was … s., and by 1817 £3 7 s., the highest in the area; 6 or 7 people, perhaps including children, were receiving regular …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Barwick, and Coker, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Yeovil; containing 735 inhabitants. It is … rough walls. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown, with … is a borough by prescription. The corporation, under the charter of Queen Mary, which after its surrender to Charles …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… where Kennett had been detached by 1086. Chippenham's western boundary was straightened in 1801. On the … of the Tharp family from 1791, has dominated the parish's landscape since the 18th century. No ancient woodland … at Chippenham Park was regularly attended by over 100 people between 1858 and 1869. 96 The schoolhouse was used for …