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A History of the County of Essex
… at Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in 1672. 70 Samuel Wood, who ran … 86 David George Goyder, minister of the Swedenborgian Society at Ipswich, founded a small society in Wivenhoe by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were … on the 'new' or National system, closed shortly afterwards for lack of financial support, and in 1815 the three day … of Merton College, St. John's College, and the National Society, a new girls' schoolroom was built. 79 In 1833 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … small streams on part of the north, and field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial area of Godstow (411 a.), … down. In the later 19th century the Foresters' Friendly Society held its annual festival on Whit Monday, with a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … Helmsley to Kirkby-Moorside. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. John Stockton, in 1839, left 10 per annum for … 1846. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans. The free …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 tried in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where 250 children … 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing shortage of school places was relieved by enlargements of the board … Oliver's 82 expense aided by parliamentary and National Society grants; Oliver (d. 1867) left the school an endowment …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Wombridge. William Charlton of Wombridge (d. 1567) was reputed a papist or sympathizer … 1808-56, resisted the nonconformists 25 and, save for the Wesleyan chapel at Ketley Bank, no nonconformist … and United Reformed Church. About 1764 a Wesleyan society was established at Ketley Bank by J. W. Fletcher, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in market gardens around London would traditionally return for the wakes, some with dowries. 57 Horse and donkey races … or later. 62 By 1808 there was a brotherly or friendly society at Oakengates, perhaps that which met in the Leopard …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the … India Company's minister at Poplar 1689, "a member of the society for reformation of marines," rector and vicar of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of … pavement, of which an engraving was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who … in the gift of Lord Ducie: the tithes have been commuted for 265; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman villa, 1 … having a station, situated just inside Rodborough parish, for Woodchester. The line was closed for passenger traffic in … has been recorded as an inn since 1766 when a friendly society met there. 35 A friendly society continued to meet …