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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Borrow viaduct. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 18. 9. A free school at Greenholme, for the education of the children of Birbeck-Fells, … of all committees. Birkenhead is not subject to church rates or any other claims of an ecclesiastical character; and …
A History of the County of Essex
… 64 Other small parts of Birch belonged to other manors, for example, Easthorpe, 65 and Fillol shall or Felix Hall, … Women and girls in paid work were mostly domestic servants, but a few were dressmakers, needlewomen, … James Round, M.P., in 1874 when they demanded higher wages, and there was a lockout; 12 the school authorities …
A History of the County of Essex
… Birch Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records survive for courts baron held between 1276 and 1324 by members of the … by the eldest son. 43 Great and Little Birch were combined for parish government from the 18th century or earlier. In … of farmers and labourers from both parishes were set up for highway maintenance. In 1783 there were 31 ratepayers and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Tendring family. 35 William Tendring (1435-90) was M.P. for Maldon in 1478. 36 William Tend- ring (d. c. 1500) had … and north-west. The house was demolished in 1954 except for a plain three-bayed, two-storeyed brick wing, which … service court and in 2000 contained a flat, and a former servants' hall of one tall storey. The stables, to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the weaving of stuffs and woollen-cloths, the former for the Bradford, and the latter for the Leeds market. The church, dedicated to St. Paul, was … and part being of a stronger nature, and well suited for wheat and beans. The surface is varied, the scenery …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the various townships, and in the making of cards for machinery; the chief articles are woollencloths, … blankets, and worsted stuffs. A savings' bank has been for some years in active operation. The living is a … the liberty, the inhabitants of which pay church and poor rates to the parish of St. Margaret, but are assessed for the …
Old and New London
… of its ancient splendour. This Sir Paul was ambassador for James I. to the Grand Legion, and helped to extend … Customs to James I., and frequently supplied the cravings for money both of James and Charles. In the year 1639 Sir … plays and interludes acted at the "Bull" might corrupt his servants, but also objected on her own son's account to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to the house; there it turned sharply to the north-east for a short way, and then again at right angles to rejoin the … years later Middlecott, who had also left Bishopstrow, for Somerset, sold the manor to George, Lord Audley, later … worship but not regularly used. 9 PARISH GOVERNMENT. Poor rates were being raised in Bishopstrow in 1585 10 but little …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… case, lay in the open fields. Each estate also had pasture for 420 sheep. 22 In 1291 there were 3 plough-lands in … including the two manor-house estates, held on leases for lives granted by the Crown since 1579; in addition there … the inclosed land to alleviating the burden of the poor-rates, 63 and a scheme for the division of part of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… In the later 14th and early 15th centuries courts for Bisley manor, recorded on the same series of rolls, were … of the earls of March; presumably one court was being held for both parts of the manor, the respective lords making a … at Oakridge. 71 Emigration was assisted out of the rates in 1837. 72 In 1779 the parish built a pest-house for …