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A History of the County of Shropshire
… (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the … Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the Hadley, Trench, and Wrockwardine Wood …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Social and cultural activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the coalfield the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the antiquities that have been found are, foundations and ruins of buildings, fragments of statues, stags' horns, … of the Lower Empire, a coin of Adrian, one of Lucilla, and a noble tessellated pavement, of which an engraving was … forming part of a range of hills which inclose a beautiful and fertile vale. Spring Park, in the parish, is a splendid …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working 16 ploughs, and a burgage at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… stream, on which several cloth-mills were built, and the southern boundary is formed by the Inch brook and ornamental ponds built on the brook by the late 18th … to a height of over 750 ft. at Bown hill. The Nailsworth and Inchbrook valleys are formed by deposits of Upper Lias …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's … Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as a … the town; 11 by the 18th century it levied its own rates and was treated as a separate cure even when held by the same …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford, …
A History of the County of Essex
… held courts for Woodford. He took the profits of justice 1 and, from the 13th century at least, held a view of … because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 and 1344, Woodford manor was quit of that service. He …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … valued in the king's books at 13; net income, 70; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Woodham 227. … miles W.S.W. of Quainton Church, is a house of two storeys and an attic, built in the middle of the 17th century, and subsequently considerably restored. The walls are of …