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A History of the County of Stafford
… name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of the … derives from the Old English lad, meaning a watercourse or a crossing of a watercourse. 2 Gipsy Lane branching … 4 The early spelling of the name was normally Beveresford or a variant. 5 It has been suggested that the name derives …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is set on a barn attached to the 19th-century farmhouse, or on that of Big Fernyford, which is of the 18th or early 19th century. Further upstream Lower Fleetgreen, a house partly of the 17th century, probably stands on or near the site of a house called Fleetgreen in 1514. 52 By …
A History of the County of Stafford
… described as 'now something spoken of', and it had nine or ten licensed alehouse keepers in 1604. 75 The market place … from a waterworks built near Tunstead Farm in 1877 or 1878. 16 It was closed in the later 1950s and an … George and Joseph, James Redfern, and Isaac Swindell. One or more of them presumably worked a quarry and limekiln near …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Jones. Edinburgh Ph.D. 1970. Agencies for the promotion or facilitation of emigration from England to the United … in Latin America, Independence to 1914 - intervention or abstention? D.C.St.M. Platt. Oxford D.Phil. 1962. …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… emergence of the black athlete in America: American dream or American dilemma?. Mousinho, G. Ph.D., Keele. Supervised … American Revolution (1776); Scotland Custom, contrast or compromise: the transfer of culture from old to New … I; Foreign relations, with the U.S.A. Cultural imperialism or cultural encounters: foreign influence through Protestant …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… secretly landed 800 men in most warlike order a league or two off, and in the meantime his ships "gave a whole … Vol. 189, No. 42.] 1586? 42. The twenty several Titles or Heads of the Chapters contained in the book of Sir Walter … of the matter therein contained, and also for that few or none (her Majesty excepted) have seen, I thought it best …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of their duty and his own power, and they have quitted (or at least declared so) their quondam patron, Mr. Marsh. The … supposed the French King's order would have been obeyed, or he would have had orders how to proceed in case of … may see he fears not to justify himself against Mr. Marsh or Lord Carlisle's creditors, "who I do assure you will never …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… it, nor afraid to defend it, etc. Nothing but treachery or cowardice could have made the enemy possessors of it, for … from sitting on Appeals, so they do not act as Agents or Factors for others in that trade. We are somewhat … altho' at some distance, who said that the Assembly had or was goeing to murder his sonn the Speaker, to which I …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the nearest neighbours to the Indians by whose principles or practices they are not like to be much improved. But this … by the murder of the persons who thus treated them, or (according to their notion of satisfaction) of the next … here, and in the neighbouring Provinces, that no murders or hostilitys have ever been committed by the Indians except …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Barbados; and therefore humbly proposed, that the Govr. or Commander in Chief of that Island should be directed to … Secretarys of State, do signify H.M. pleasure to the Govr. or Commander in Chief of Barbados for the time being, to … by prohibiting the importation and use of black slaves or negroes; (iii) to prevent the importation or use of rum …