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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Churches and Protestant nonconformity CHURCHES … that there were formerly twelve or more parish churches of Wilton, if accurate, must be taken to include not only the … 1872 but it was closed by 1896. 106 See p. 9. Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. Wilton Corp. MSS. Acct. Steward Guild Merchant, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of Wilton is the rapid decline of the borough between the 13th … course of the 14th and 15th centuries. See p. 9. V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 362, 364; although on the outskirts of Wilton the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Early history EARLY HISTORY Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of … West-Saxon Kingdom (Oxford, 1934), 89. Ibid. 78. V.C.H. Wilts. ii. 12. Ibid. 2630. Burghal Hidage in A. J. Robertson, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Industry since c.1500 INDUSTRY SINCE c. 1500 The fortunes of Wilton which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of … weavers and 1 narrow weaver are specified. G. D. Ramsay, Wilts. Woollen Industry in 16th and 17th Centuries, 19. Ibid. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Manors and lesser estates MANORS AND LESSER ESTATES In 1086 Wilton was in the custody of Hervey, a royal official, who … Cal. Inq. p.m., iii. 460. Cal. Pat. 13017, 52; V.C.H. Wilts. iii. 247. Cal. Pat. 130713, 19. She received the manor …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, for … 84 See p. 8. K. B. 27/182 m. 77d. J. I. 1/1006 m. 61d. Wilts. Inq. p.m. 12421326 (Index Libr.), 2647. S. C. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval town government MEDIEVAL TOWN GOVERNMENT In … customs enjoyed by the burgesses of London and Winchester. Wilton was thus one of a group of boroughs modelled on … 125, and for list of the charters preserved at Wilton see Wilts. Borough Records (W.A.S. Rec. Brch.), 89. Pipe R. 1205 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of Jews … Jewish community evidently became an important one, for Wilton was one of the 27 centres of the kingdom in which …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Modern town government and poor relief MODERN TOWN … became established by prescription, the town government of Wilton was, from the 16th century onwards, constantly subject … within the parish of South Newton, in 1837. 37 Hoare, Mod. Wilts. Branch and Dole, 55. No such charter has survived, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Parliamentary representation PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, … of Salisbury or taking in the parish of Laverstock. V.C.H. Wilts. v. 73. Ibid. 299, 312. Wilton Corp. MSS. Misc. Deeds. …