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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… although a bastard cannot be called a villain, and took the tenements into the kings hand, as the kings precept …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which were once in tillage. Ploughing-matches formerly took place, at which prizes were adjudged by the late Sir … were bodies of men slain in some sanguinary battle that took place here. Tumuli are scattered through the parish, in … was formerly frequented by numbers of invalids, who took lodgings in the neighbourhood, but which has of late …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the north part of the circuit. When the royalist army took over the town that summer they filled such gaps with … and repaired at the borough's expense. The committee also took steps to prevent the demolition of parts of the wall, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 142/680 no. 12. Shaw, Staffs. ii. 81, states that the sale took place in 1641. The fine, however, is dated 1632 (C.P. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and occupied a house adjoining the church. The Franciscans took over the parish in 1924. They left in 1966, and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… £300 to St. Matthew's parish on like trusts. The charity took effect in 1903. 91 The income of the Caldmore charity in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in Lent and four times in the year. 99 A revival took place under George Fisk, vicar from 1837 to 1845 and the … show that he was anxious to remedy the situation, and he took steps to promote church attendance. 3 Within three … Army) Mission in 1882; between 9,000 and 10,000 people took the pledge. 11 In 1885 open-air services were held in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 32 In 1394 Sir Roger Hillary of Bescot rebuilt it and took a lease of it from the earl of Warwick. 33 The New Mill … 1640s for coming to play at the fairs 43 presumably also took part in the ceremony, for until c. 1832 a band formed … in the Pleck area) in 1576-7. 94 Fulke Greville, who took over Paget's ironworks in 1589, also obtained ore from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… improved. 56 In 1903 Walsall, as a county borough, took responsibility for all stages of public education. In … system was abolished in the early 1920s; Walsall then took sole responsibility for Beacon School and reopened it as … remained in Park Street, and a commercial school, which took over the premises of the Lancasterian school. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… held the charity lands at very low rents. They also took the opportunity to stress the disaffection of the … area as far as the later Buchanan Road. 56 The corporation took over the commissioners' sanitary powers in 1872 and … groups became evenly balanced in 1962, and Labour took control in 1963, retaining it by a narrow majority on …