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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mainly local. Grain was sold at Cambridge, or St. Ives or Stourbridge fairs. Malt was taken to Royston and pigs to Baldock. Purchases were often made at Stourbridge, but also at St. Ives, Elstow (Beds.), and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Foley. 18 Thomas Foley was the son of Richard Foley of Stourbridge by his second wife, Alice daughter of William …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the southern boundary of the parish. The main roads from Stourbridge to Bromsgrove and from Kidderminster to Halesowen …
A History of the County of Worcester
… holding a wood called the 'Nook' of the free school of Stourbridge at a rent of 6 s. (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 2], … in Martley were granted in 15523 to the inhabitants of Stourbridge as an endowment for the grammar school there … sum of 46 8 s. 8 d. was assigned to the grammar school of Stourbridge ( Parl. Accts. and Papers, 1887, lxiv). Chan. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… in the district. Old Swinford comprised the townships of Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, Lye and Wollescote, … in Staffordshire and that of Norton to the south of Stourbridge. The first settlement in Old Swinford may have … and a chapel were built on the site of the present town of Stourbridge, and little by little the houses stretched along …
A History of the County of Worcester
… is situated in the north-west of the county adjoining Stourbridge. It comprises an area of 1,510 acres. The general … of a mile east of the main road between Bromsgrove and Stourbridge and to the east of the church. It faces the west … of the parish, and close to the road from Kidderminster to Stourbridge, is surrounded by a race-course. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… in 1320, using force to this end upon occasion; 143 but Stourbridge fair was growing up as a formidable rival, which …
A History of the County of Worcester
… passed before 1876 to James Holcroft of Red Hill House, Stourbridge. He was succeeded in March 1894 by his brother …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to Fotheringhay was granted to the inhabitants of Stourbridge and Old Swinford in 1552 for the foundation of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… grown. The roads from Kidderminster to Wolverhampton and Stourbridge pass through the eastern side of the parish and … 106 Roger Fowke sold it in 1633 to Richard Foley of Stourbridge, 107 who had amassed a fortune as an ironmaster. …