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A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land … stands in a strong defensive position with a rectangular bailey on the south, possibly divided, and a triangular …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … it is clear that from the first Windsor was a mount and bailey castle of the first rank, with earthworks crested with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … Cheddington, Bettlow, and Aldwick. Some property known as Bailey's House Gift, let for 17. 10. per annum, is applied to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Education There was a day school attended by 13 boys and 9 girls in 1833; it also met on Sundays. 1 A National school was built in Berry Hedge Lane in 1846, and by 1871 it had an attendance of 56 boys and 50 girls. In … 1999, the Woodlands as a sixth-form centre. In 1829 Clara Bailey ran a girls' boarding school at a house called Bladon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … outfall, a village site protected by the 'Roman Bank', and a landward extension into the fen-was originally the same … devised it, with other property, to his younger son Edward Bailey Crosse, subject to the payment of £600. E. B. Crosse …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… prison) Parish Tower Liberty = St Peter ad Vincula (in the Bailey) Ward Tower (Street) Date 1553 Barts (?) Parish St … hearings 28 June 1570 Entry 'On 28 June the President and censors decided that Gregory Wisdam should pay a fine of £6 if Hector Nones could prove the charge of wicked and ignorant conduct in administering a clyster to a certain …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … 1819 included £500 to Bernasconi for stucco and £1,000 to Tatham for furniture. The latter received a further £580 in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … (which omits farming); ORO, Witney wills and inventories; Bailey's Brit. Dir. (1784); Univ. Brit. Dir. iv [ c. 1790], …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group … Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 8990, 105; cf. Bailey's Brit. Dir. (1784); PO Dir. Oxon. (1847 and later …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is mainly covered by Boulder Clay and slopes gently W. between 90 m. and 100 m. above OD. To … on the S. side. There are no earthworks to indicate a bailey but a curving building-line of existing houses on the …