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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have … in 1811, a part of which was deposited in the British Museum. Withington (St. Peter) WITHINGTON ( St. Peter), a …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… an Iron Age 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the … There were also Romano-British potsherds, a piece of iron and a skeleton, possibly in association. 2 Romano-British … of pavement recovered from room D are in the British Museum. Some tesserae are in Gloucester City Museum. A hoard …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … sons and successors William and Harry took over James and Albert Collier's business at Crawley Mill and Corn Street …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … 1112; 4 (July 1978), 22; inf. from S. C. Jenkins, Witney Museum. Archaeol. Notes, Oxoniensia, 24 (1959), 102; Rodwell, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … PRO, MH 12/9753; Magd. Coll. Mun., MS 800 (i), p. 60. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, E. 1448 1231977; ORO, PLU 6/G/1A1/1, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … were held in Wivenhoe Park grounds from 1851, and Prince Albert inspected local troops there in 1856. Soldiers camped … social centre for seamen. In 1947 it moved, with its museum, to premises on The Quay. The classes in the later …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … Mark, were constituted in 1846, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and the erection of churches was commenced …
A Dictionary of London
… "lay between the tenement of Sir John de Pulteneye and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way to the Thames. In 17 Ed. III. complaint … Site now covered by Royal Hotel (De Keyser's) Buildings, Victoria Embankment. Wood Green Court South-east out of …
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 … 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th century were Queenswood and Wallamoor wood in … Between c. 1900 and c. 1909 a Chemical Works (late H. & E. Albert) made phosphate powder fertilizer next to the Basic …