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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Introduction WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN, a large rural parish of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Profits of court … manor in 1303, 24 and for Robert de Sapy's portion of Westbury manor in 1337, 25 but no court rolls and no later reference to a court on any of the divisions of Westbury manor have been found. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Introduction MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1066 Westbury was the centre of a large but scattered Crown estate … outlying parts, totalling 25 hides, in Kyre and Clifton on Teme (Worcs.), Edvin Loach (Herefs.), and Newent and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. In 1603 there were … 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 … of meadow, and pasture 3 leagues long by 3 leagues broad. On the demesne there were 28 serfs and 16 coliberts, and …
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. … of this charity was a little over £10 and it was spent on underclothing for deserving cases. 56 John Matravers, of …
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 … John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Martyr, in a chapel on the north side of the church, by William of Westbury, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Fairs and markets FAIRS AND MARKETS. A weekly market on Friday and an annual fair on the vigil, feast, and morrow … Nov.) was granted to Walter Pavely, lord of the manor of Westbury, in 1252. 61 In 1291 a further grant was made to the …
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 … was still actively engaged in the clothing industry. On his death he left 281 cloths in London as well as a number …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Introduction WESTBURY The ancient parish of Westbury 1 was co-extensive … Chapmanslade, was coupled with Chapmanslade, and later, on one or two occasions, appeared as a tithing on its own. 13 …