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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. In 1603 there … to be 40 recusant Puritans (including Joseph Baynham) at Westbury. 72 There was a Quaker meeting in the parish by … at Lower Ley, 80 and in 1893 they built a lecture hall in Westbury village; 81 both buildings remained in use in 1939 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Agriculture AGRICULTURE. Of the 40 hides attributed in the Domesday Survey to the manor of Westbury 17 were said to be in demesne, leaving, after the … to bee-keepers in Wiltshire, and their presence at Westbury may indicate an exceptionally highly organized …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Charities CHARITIES. John Gibbs, of London, by his will dated 1772, left £500 to provide six poor men of Westbury annually with an olive-coloured coat and waistcoat. … any, were to receive first consideration, and after them Westbury burgage-holders. In 1833 it was not always possible …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Churches CHURCHES. The church of Westbury is mentioned in 1086 when it was held by a young … churches of Bratton and Dilton were dependent chapels of Westbury church and remained so, in the case of Bratton, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Fairs and markets FAIRS AND MARKETS. A weekly market … Nov.) was granted to Walter Pavely, lord of the manor of Westbury, in 1252. 61 In 1291 a further grant was made to the … two daughters of John St. Lo who inherited the manor of Westbury with its appurtenant hamlets. 64 In 1460 a market on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford Avon, Westbury emerged as a centre of the cloth industry of that … towards the end of the 15th century. 50 As early as 1433 a Westbury clothier, William Gawen, was transacting …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Introduction WESTBURY The ancient parish of Westbury 1 was co-extensive with the hundred. 2 It was … It remained a single parish, with the town of Westbury roughly in the centre, until the late 19th century, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Lesser estates LESSER ESTATES. Land at HEADINGHILL … stocked for Reynold Pavely when he acquired the manor of Westbury in 1173. 32 On the death of Walter Pavely in 1256 … was named as one of the estates making up the manor of Westbury, 33 and in 1323 it was said to be one of the manors …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Manors MANORS. In 1086 the king, as successor to Queen Edith, held WESTBURY. 40 It could thus later claim to be ancient demesne … of Le Pr (dp. Seine-Infrieur) later formed the manor of Westbury Priory. 46 The rest of Defuble's land was regranted …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 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 of a mill, formerly … 65 A fulling mill at Brook was leased by Henry Long, a Westbury clothier, in c. 1539. 66 When the manor of Brook was …