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A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … association formed in 1823 was evidently a benefit club rather than a union, and had apparently closed by 1838. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … Ltd in 1938, established the Witney & Oxford Aero Club Ltd in 1934 and the Witney Aeronautical College in 1936, … 259, suggesting foundation between 1202 and 1210. Cf. N. Vincent, 'Origins of the Winchester Pipe Rolls', Archives, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … had over thirty; an apparently separate Church workman's club established the same year, also open to Dissenters, … ed. Page, pp. xii-xiii. Allen, Mount House, 78, 234; N. Vincent, Peter des Roches, an Alien in Eng. Politics 120538 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … 18th century, provided limited health care, and a medical club for those on low wages was mentioned about 1880. 272 A … Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 183; Cal. Chart. 122657, 1456; N. Vincent, Peter des Roches (1996), 73, 188, 360. Reg. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … probably an error, arising possibly from the parish church's location just outside the borough boundary within Curbridge … A Church of England Working Men's Society and a Workman's Club were set up in 1888, and Norris was instrumental in …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … with most of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land … Story of Wivenhoe, 86; Anglesey Antiq. Soc. & Field Club, Trans. 1993, 5567: copy in E.R.O. E.R.O., D/DEt T17. …
A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … 1993 the annual regatta was centred on Wivenhoe Sailing Club's new head- quarters below the flood barrier. 74 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was soon withdrawn. 56 Controversy raged over the board's intended school site at Ketley Bank, some ratepayers … 68 who served for thirty years, as did the committee's first secretary, R. L. Corbett. 69 The enrolment of 222 … a child eligible for a £2 burial grant from a local burial club. 50 A National school, opened at Snedshill Coppice in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 … 68 In 1883 and 1888 the Oakengates Gladstone Liberal Club met, and between c. 1909 and c. 1917 the Oakengates …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor passed to his son, also John, 52 who held a knight's fee at Woodchester in 1285. 53 John died in 1297 and was … forfeited temporarily in 1322 as a result of his son John's rebellion. 55 In 1338 the elder John settled the manor in … following year when the estate passed to another son Henry Vincent Leigh who sold it in 1922 to J. H. Tooley. 80 Part of …