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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the parish before 1737 when the donors had been forgotten: some which adjoined the churchyard were then used for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… action against the vicar in 1736-7. 88 At that period some parishioners made agreements for terms of a few years to … seven bays with alternating octagonal and clustered piers, some of the aisle windows, and the west door date from that …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… served the office of reeve on a rota system. 66 Some of the tenants paid a rent called sandgavel for the … c. 22 tenants holding by indenture for years and lives, some of whom owed heriots and additional rents of hens; the … (evidently Ley Park), 73 a number of small free rents, and some small parcels of land held at will. 74 In 1717 the Earl …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the northern half of the parish is gently rolling with some small but pronounced hills, although no part rises to … used for houses, farm buildings, and walls, and there are some cottages of the Old Red Sandstone in the east. … from the east where the houses are set back from the road some small patches of grass perhaps survive from a larger …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1969. 6 The house was rebuilt in brick c. 1800 but retains some 17th-century timber-framing in a rear wall. The portion … stone building of two stories and attics with gables and some oriel windows. 51 It was rebuilt between 1743 and 1746 … building of two stories and dormered attics. There is some evidence that the construction took place in two ioned …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… an unspecified number of oxen, cows, and sheep. There was some park and woodland, as well as the garden and 3 dovecots. … itself there were 400 a. of arable, 8 a. of meadow, and some pasture. There were 14 free tenants, and 21 villeins. At Brook there were 200 a. of arable, 40 a. of meadow, some pasture, 20 a. of wood, and a park ('le Park'). There …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were to be poor workers in the clothing industry. In 1903 some of the income was spent in maintaining children of cloth …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… afterwards, appropriated to the office of precentor. Some time later the church seems to have been granted to … intervened. It was then agreed that the vicar should have some great tithes in addition to the lesser tithes, and all … arrival in Westbury differences appear to have arisen with some of his parishioners for in 1647 Hunton issued the terms …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The market was still being held on Fridays in 1792, 70 but some time before 1835 it was changed to Tuesday in the hope … 19th century there was also a sheep fair on Bratton Down. Some 20,000 sheep were brought to this fair in the early 20th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 57 In c. 1545 Richard Whitaker, likewise a clothier, had some 160 acres of inclosed land in Westbury and a sheep … until by the end of the 19th century the Phippses were some of the largest landowners, occupying two of the biggest … 1599), 68 and Thomas Saunders (d. 1602). 69 The wealth of some of these textile capitalists is illustrated by the …