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A History of the County of Gloucester
… of coal and iron ore. The coal measures, which outcrop in three roughly concentric circles near the edge of the Forest, … the miners and took his share of the profits. In those three bailiwicks and apparently in Abenhall bailiwick the … and mules 40 and loaded on boats and barges plying on the rivers Wye and Severn. There were numerous pitching places on …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lies in west Gloucestershire in the angle formed by the rivers Severn and Wye as they approach their confluence. A … huntsmen to take 100 fallow bucks. 43 At that period all three species of deer were classed as beasts of the forest, … numbers. In 1751 the scarcity of the deer made advisable a three-year moratorium on taking venison under royal warrants. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Dean township, Flaxley parish, and Lea Bailey tithing, three small extraparochial places on Littledean hill remained … subscriptions. The subscribers received free treatment. A three-storeyed block was added in 1926 and a maternity ward …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and at Littledean Hill in the north-east. Their three chapels attracted larger numbers of people 54 and in … by George Robinson in 1821 proved successful and within three months a society was formed there. Robert Meredith's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… that crossed the royal demesne. In the later 17th century three important roads ran westwards to converge on Coleford. … of the old road to English Bicknor, has at its centre a three-bay cross wing of the 16th century. To its north is one … a school, 70 and West Dean rural district council built three pairs of houses at Hangerberry in 1923 and eleven pairs …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Hammer in 1870 50 and Upper Lydbrook, where there were three beerhouses in 1841, 51 the Jovial Colliers in 1854 52 … Furnace bottom, Viney Hill, Yorkley, and Pillowell, and three at Whitecroft. 32 In Old Furnace bottom there were three inns near the new Blakeney-Parkend road in 1851; they …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1766; the bole measured 30 ft. long and contained about three tons of timber; the diameter of the butt end was 3 ft. … of Charles I in 1639 to the foreign ambassadors, included three bucks to the French ambassador, one of which came from … was the scene of a serious poaching affray, when two or three poachers were caught shooting the deer at night. They …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The pleas were held at Oxford before William le Breton and three other justices. On the first day (14 January) the … were sometimes half a mark, but more usually 12 d. In three cases those thus charged were able to establish an … liberty to Thomas de Compton, Henry de Kinneton, and three other clerks, who had been arrested and lodged in the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541
… been obtained from the registers of other bishops, since three of the prebends of Wells were situated in other …
A History of the County of Stafford
… editor) and Dr. I. J. Atherton and Dr. A. E. Tomkins, all three of whom are lecturers in the history department at the …