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A History of the County of York
… battle of Hatfield only James the Deacon remained to carry on the Roman tradition in the north but he has no known … of the canons, several of whom were deprived by the High Commission for not complying with the order; 9 and the city … and in the same year a fine of £1,000 imposed by the High Commission at York was granted to the minster by Charles I …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the estuaries of … 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of a building formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 … 97 At least one election was contested, pressure being put on tradesmen to vote for a particular candidate. 98 The … and from 1913 on the successor East Lancing Sea Defence Commission, 57 but its sea defence jurisdiction in Lancing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, … there, called the Brands, is commemorative of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, on whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible and … sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all very … containing 991 inhabitants. A district church was erected on a site given by W. P. Paine, Esq., in 1840; it is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which Wrockwardine village lies. 93 From those high … troops in 1645-6. 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel … Almanack, & Diary (1898), 56. Salop. Librs. Shropshire Canals (1980), 67-8. Above, Wellington, Communications. S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … and the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the north. In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern … council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen … ii. 229. 12 Geo. I, c. 9; 3 Geo. III, c. 59. C. Hadfield, Canals of W. Midlands (1969), 40, 151, 251, 328-9; I.G.M.T., …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1754. 69 The woodland then remaining, at the Nabb and on Cockshutt Piece, was coppiced 70 but by 1847 virtually no … with the decline of mining, woodland began to reappear on Cockshutt Piece, which was partly wooded in 1982. 71 In … Co. leased the right to mine coal between the two canals, except tops and clods, to John Bennett. 99 In 1865 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday 1851 afternoon service was attended by 130 … 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to 134. On Census Sunday 1851 services were attended by 99 adults in … It replaced Oakengates in 1828 as the circuit centre. 56 On Census Sunday 1851 there were 405 adult worshippers in the …