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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire, Volume 2, North
Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Westbury 218. WESTBURY. (O.S. 6 in. xii. N.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Augustine, stands at the S. end of the village, and is built of stone...
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Parishes : Westbury
A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4
Parishes Westbury WESTBURY Westberie (xi cent.); Westbir' (xii cent.). Westbury is a parish with a large detached portion, amounting ... and 20 woods and plantations, 1 Westbury...
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Westbury: Charities
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Charities CHARITIES. John Gibbs, of London, by his will dated 1772, left £500 to provide six poor men of Westbury annually ... first consideration, and after them Westbury burgage-holders...
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Westbury: Schools
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Schools SCHOOLS. 70 In 1835 there were said to be 18 schools within the ancient parish. In the town of Westbury there were an infants' school, and 5 daily schools: in Westbury Leigh there...
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Westbury: Churches
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Churches CHURCHES. The church of Westbury is mentioned ... chapels of Westbury church and remained so, in the case of Bratton, ... Chapmanslade, and Westbury Leigh. 86...
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Westbury: Agriculture
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Agriculture AGRICULTURE. Of the 40 hides attributed in the Domesday Survey to the manor of Westbury 17 were said to be in demesne, ... in Domesday to bee-keepers in Wiltshire, and their presence at...
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Westbury: Mills
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Mills MILLS. At the time of the Domesday Survey there were six mills on the capital manor of Westbury. 62 In 1226-7 the grant ... at Brook was leased by Henry Long, a Westbury clothier,...
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Westbury: Introduction
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Introduction WESTBURY The ancient parish of Westbury ... a single parish, with the town of Westbury roughly in the centre, ... there were besides the town of ...
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Westbury: Manors
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Manors MANORS. In 1086 the king, as successor to Queen Edith, held WESTBURY. 40 It could thus later claim to be ancient demesne ... Seine-Infrieur) later formed the manor of Westbury...
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Westbury: Roman catholicism
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Westbury Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. Walter Clark of Westbury Hundred was presented as a popish recusant in 1676 and 1680 23 ... W.R.O. Q. Sess. R. Trin. 1676, 1680, Westbury Presentments...
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