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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… buildings, now demolished, which was used as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. 14 There are also several barns and farm buildings in … has been partly obliterated by the neglect of the war years, but a wooden summer-house and a small arched …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1939 and used by the fire service during the Second World War. It was opened as a county junior school in 1946, when … Woodford Green, took place at the end of the First World War. In 1922 the school, with about 100 day boys and 15 …
A History of the County of Essex
… the 1920s and many more were built after the Second World War, 45 but in 1961 62 per cent of the houses in Wanstead and … owner-occupied. 46 Broadmead, the largest of the post-war council estates 47 was completed in 1968. The scheme … occupied by Dr. Barnardo's Homes before the Second World War, and in 1927 a small graveyard was consecrated in its …
A History of the County of Essex
… ceased between 1786 and 1794, but under the pressures of war and bad harvests it became necessary to subsidize food …
A History of the County of Essex
… space vacated used as a chapel. 48 After the Second World War the north and south galleries, which excluded much light, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by her favours. Seal and Arms. During the civil war of the 17th century, the palace was besieged and much …
A History of the County of Sussex
… an open courtyard, were added after the First World War in vernacular style by Fowlers of Cowfold. 96 The manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… road was converted into cottages after the Second World War. The 1½ d. quit rent of the later no. 16 Oxford Street … college sold the derelict building during the First World War. The hotel was restored in the 1930s and trade received sharply during the Second World War. 10 The Marlborough Arms C.1770 The hotel surrounds a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1641 and flourished until disrupted by the Civil War. 91 In the 17th century rectors frequently employed … rector of Wootton, 94 was curate throughout the Civil War and, although the Bladon living was sequestrated, served … on the north side of the church was redesigned as a war memorial garden. Major repairs were carried out in the …