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A History of the County of Essex
… in Essex were not characterized by this feature. London's first large-scale spread into this region took the form not … Victoria Dock Company had been acquired by the London and St. Katharine Docks Company. 4 In the seventies there were … into a dock was contemplated and begun. 21 During the 1860's preliminary works, including the building of a pier, were …
A History of the County of Essex
… of labour and also served the needs of some of London's long-distance goods traffic, since large numbers of … a new but circuitous route from Barking and East Ham to St. Pancras and so to the City at Moorgate. 20 And the Great … Street, 7 d. single and 9 d. return from Hoe Street or St. James' Street at Walthamstow to Liverpool Street, 5 d. …
A History of the County of Chester
… of a guild went hand in hand. The guilds staged Chester's civic pageants, both the medieval 'mystery plays' and the … later claimed to have been established as the guild of St. Martin before 12856 (though later still it alleged a … with them on 3 September (the feast of the Translation of St. Gregory the Great). 4 Both companies may have emerged …
A History of the County of Chester
… and issues of a fair lasting three days about the feast of St. Werburg 'in the summer' (2022 June), and assigned jurisdiction over it to the abbot's court and the proceeds to the monks. 1 There is no reason … its existence may explain the creation of the feast of St. Werburg in the summer, a largely local affair not …
A History of the County of Chester
… MARKETS General Produce Markets There was a market beside St. Peter's church in the later 11th century. 1 In the later Middle … century the main focus of the market lay south and east of St. Peter's in the broad space forming the northern end of …
A History of the County of Chester
… Chester abbey. 3 Possibly they were augmented in Earl John's time; 4 by 1237 there were six mills on the site. 5 From … reduced sum by his associate Robert of Bredon, rector of St. Peter's in Chester, 40 but even so, they probably … such as Thomas Pulford (143661), 81 and William and David Malpas (146475), 82 or local gentlemen, such as Robert …
A History of the County of Chester
… Population Population Estimating the size of Chester's population at the time of the Norman Conquest is no easier … said to be 205 fewer, a total of 282. The 21 belonging to St. John's and St. Werburgh's minsters 1 were probably included in those …
A History of the County of Chester
… Nantwich and Chester, severely restricting the trust's income. As a result the condition of the road, which was … in favour of a more northerly route to Conwy through St. Asaph and Abergele (Denb.). 21 The stretch from Chester … repair was again disputed and a claim against the abbot of St. Werburgh's was revived. 91 In 1347 the Black Prince's …
A History of the County of Chester
… the others reflected a succession of shifts in the river's course rather than progressive silting downstream. 8 The … the limits of the city liberties was an aspect of Chester's control of the whole of the Dee estuary. The citizens' … of the new Northgate, linking Northgate gaol and Little St. John's chapel in the Blue Coat school building. 73 From …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 56 In 1368 they were exchanged for a pension of £3 3 s. 4 d., 57 which was still paid to the Crown, as successor … and elsewhere; 89 in 1357-8 it bore a dedication to St. Catherine. 90 The income was 31 s. net c. 1548, 91 the … into the Truleigh manor demesne farm. 92 The church of ST. ANDREW (the dedication is recorded from 1320) 93 is of …