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A History of the County of Oxford
… freemen. In the 16th and 17th centuries stewards of the royal manor and park strongly influenced the borough's … earl of Montgomery. 5 Whitelocke, whose contentious views on the royal prerogative may have provoked Herbert's … 31 Lord Randolph Churchill beat Brodrick more easily in 1874 in an 'ostentatiously seignorial campaign' managed by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Edward Wilsden was presented in 1675 for holding meetings on Sundays, and although only one nonconformist was reported … formally constituted with 12 members, and a chapel built on the site of a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists … of the chapel in 1851. 68 A chapel was built in 1824-5 on land on the west side of Oxford Street acquired by Daniel …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… encrusted with concretions of most fantastic form, while on the floor are other large petrifactions, formed by the … roof cylindrical, and its bottom composed of a fine sand. On one side of the last cave runs a very cold and pure stream … W.) from London; containing, with the township of Fenton, 1874 inhabitants. This place occupies the eastern declivity …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. … The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around … a cup and cover-paten of 1571 and a paten of 1816. Royal Arms: In N. aisle, painted wooden panel, George III …
A Dictionary of London
… reference. Woolpack Alley See Cutler Street. Woolpack Inn On the east side of West Smithfield, towards the north. In … Stow's time (S. 243). See Worcester Place. Worcester House On the west side of Walbrook at No.6 (P.O. Directory). In … 1677-Strype, 1720). See Evangelist Court. Worley's Court, Royal Mint Street See Morley's Court. Wormwood Street East …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, on whom the manor had been settled. 24 In 1771-2 in Woolaston … enclosed. At High Woolaston in 1743 the open fields were on the north side of the hamlet and were called Keynsham, … and 38 a. of land; 63 in 1969 it was owned by the Forestry Commission. 64 During the 19th century much land was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… only 50 boys attended daily, with an additional 50 girls on Sundays; 40 children came from Alvington. The Sunday … board, to which the school's management was transferred in 1874. Attendance rose from 85 in two departments in 1864 to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending … and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes … dating from before 1863 and surviving until c. 1908. 97 A Friendly Society was registered in 1834 and an Independent …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor were held in possession, and one third in reversion on the expiry of a lease from the abbot of Tintern to William … an active supporter of the king during the Civil War, and on the defeat of the royalist cause part of his lands, … stone outbuildings. It then retained its bellcot (added in 1874 when also the gable was raised), 31 two lancet windows …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western … ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 The southern … village. SOCIAL LIFE The Polden Hill and Woolavington Friendly Society, founded 1854, and in the early 20th century …