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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… held between 1 a. and 8 a. 18 The freeholders paid £5 5 s. in rent altogether. The main burden of labour services fell upon the preceptory's 70 villeins, who each held one half yardland, and owed 30½ … ceased to provide much employment. In 1851 thirty-one people were employed as blacksmiths, cordwainers, carpenters, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a tumbrel and gallows. 97 The Hospitaller preceptory manor's court rolls survive for 1381-1469 with some gaps, as do … of bread were exercised. The court met under Thomas Revett's widow in 1582, and under her second husband c. 1583-96. … in the Newmarket poor-law union. 7 In 1861 fifteen people were receiving poor relief, half very old. 8 From at …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Angre within the quinzaine of Michaelmas last for 3 s.' 67 In 1372 the market was appurtenant to the manor and … Market House' was in about 1841 situated next to 'The King's Head' on the south side. 70 Later in the 19th century the … Slocombe, was in business about 1870-90. 1 No market charter has survived. Cat. Anct. D. v, A. 11885. C135/File …
A History of the County of Essex
… social life PUBLIC SERVICES AND SOCIAL LIFE In 1890 Ongar's water supply was being obtained from wells 20-30 ft. deep. … the town in 1836. 18 In 1911 it was absorbed by the Bishop's Stortford Gas Co. and in 1934 the Ongar works were closed, … 4 miles of it but that it is an important centre only for people living in 11 villages: Bobbingworth, Fyfield, …
Old and New London
… Modern GardeningSharp, the EngraverLady ThornhillHogarth's MonumentA Curious InscriptionExtracts from the … company with M. Panizzi, at an hour when few of the good people of Chiswick were out of their beds. After reposing … honours of Santa Croce, in Florence, The Government and People of Italy have transported The remains of the wearied …
The Environs of London
… he was ordered to go to the relief of the Lord General's army after the action at Newbury 5. Manors. There are two … and was patched up into small tenements for the labouring people of the town 40. If his representation be accurate, it … key to prevent the water from being stolen by the common people, who imagined it to have a mystic virtue for curing …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of unknown origin included 2 a. known as the poor's land in Chiswick field. Producing £3 a year before … other rooms in the churchyard served as lodgings for poor people, chosen by the vestry, in 1629. 47 Probably nothing … of the Hopkin Morris homes. Eighteen flats, each for two people, were opened, as Whittington Court, in 1976. 58 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… HISTORY. Agrarian history. In 1086 the canons of St. Paul's had 3 of their 5 hides in demesne and kept 2 ploughs and 2 … by Chiswick school. 60 Nurseries and market gardens. Many people described as agricultural workers in the early 19th … a bricklayer, and a cobbler between 1612 and 1618. 5 More people lived by trade, craft, or manufacture than off the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the whole parish formed part of the estates of St. Paul's. 69 Most early references, however, are to Sutton, which … even from Turnham Green. In 1547 there were 120 houseling people in the parish 76 and in 1664 there were 230 houses, as … of a house in Bedford Road by a yellow-brick home for old people led in 1963 to the formation of the Bedford Park …