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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Education EDUCATION Provision To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early … and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … same year John Wright, a native of Witney then living in Philadelphia (USA), gave the school 4,800, increasing gross …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … the spire was further repaired in 19256, 196 and in 1928 a Philadelphia couple gave the medieval-style oak screen which …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… though their parents paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway … in 1898 helped to improve municipal government, the U.D. comprising the civil parishes of Wombridge, Priorslee, … 206. V. J. Walsh, 'Admin. of Poor Laws in Salop. 1820-55' (Pennsylvania Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 149 (copy in S.R.O.); …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a … of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … V. J. Walsh, 'Admin. of Poor Laws in Salop. 1820-55' (Pennsylvania Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 150, 207, 211 n. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it … earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century … Thomas. Thomas (created Bt. 1766), former Governor of Pennsylvania and of the Leeward Islands, 14 was living at …
Survey of London Monograph
… ancestors, manor of Bayhall, in Pembury, Kent, and 8. 6 s. 8 d. a year from lordship of Huntingfield, Kent; reapp d … history of the College. B. 17 October 1826, probably in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where his father John Haviland practised as architect …