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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … shopkeeper, a miller, and a saddler, as well as specialist tradesmen already mentioned, but most men were employed in agriculture. 61 In the later 19th century retail tradesmen included two shoemakers and five shopkeepers in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here … clothing and blanket clubs were established and a coal club was in existence. 99 A Memorial Hall was built in 1958. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … a separate community with its own social centre and youth club. 11 The prefabricated houses were replaced by 228 local … 263. Educ. of Poor Digest, p. 803. Ann. Rep. B. & W. Dioc. Assoc. S.P.C.K., 43. Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 829. P.R.O., HO …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … here before the Reformation, and a well called Our Lady's Well is still in repute for its medicinal properties. Wools …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … 6 per annum, is appropriated to the support of a medical club; and there are some trifling bequests for the poor. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … them suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or killed 500 men, and put the rest …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… being forset to remove his walfruit trees and other tree's wholy destroyd; together with a pleck of artichoks, …
A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … is that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in … site, and from the late 1980s it was used by a gliding club. 82 In the Second World War an air raid patrol and a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This chapelry, …