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A History of the County of Shropshire
… the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were … Pemberton & Stokes (Eardington forge) for forge iron. 54 Trade at Snedshill was apparently similar to that at … Co. 28, 42-6; S. Griffiths, Griffiths' Guide to the Iron Trade of Gt. Brit. (1873), 108. Above, Lilleshall, Econ. …
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 … Harrison and worked by Thomas Sykes in 1818. 25 Other Trade and Industry. Apart from farming and the cloth industry …
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 Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had … 1881 Agriculture 70 62 12 1 Horseracing 0 0 38 41 Retail, trade, and manufacture 18 25 17 26 Domestic service 9 9 28 20 …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … persons were engaged in agriculture compared with 148 in trade and handicrafts. 15 A market-Monkhams, Milkwell …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although fluctuating, is carried on to a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation … Margetts, also landlord of the Bear, but the coaching trade declined so sharply that by 1844 the Marlborough Arms … First World War. The hotel was restored in the 1930s and trade received sharply during the Second World War. 10 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … towns, and many who were probably engaged in only local trade reached aldermanic rank: 81 the bakers John Norris (fl. … (fl. 1580) all became mayor. Some may have combined their trade with innkeeping, notably John Norris who held the Crown …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives … Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated the local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. 72 The …