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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … region in the 18th and 19th centuries. Of 91 Woodditton women married in the parish church between 1753 and 1781, for …
The Environs of London
… free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, … and James II. 1715; and Rowland Beresford, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 1719. In the south aisle are the monuments of Drigue …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … the river valley the only inhabited buildings are at Druid's Lodge, in the north-west corner of the parish, and Chine …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … was begun in 1828, 135 and by 1863 there was a literary institute, which seems to have closed by 1870. 136 Woodford … is available, 139 some organizations, such as the Women's Institute, being particularly strong. 140 Many of …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … until its purchase by the New Apostolic church. An institute was added in 1920. In 1930 Ray Lodge Congregational …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 85 The living was valued at £10 in 1291, including 13 s. 4 d. in tithes from a ploughland at Truleigh in Edburton. … rectory then owned a portion of tithe corn worth 7 s. a year in Shermanbury, 87 and in 1675 the rector received … and 2 a. in Henfield. 88 The living was valued at £13 1 s. 10 d. net in 1535. 89 On one occasion at least in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … the corner block was occupied by the Woodstock Literary Institute, 50 perhaps from its foundation in 1852 when the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 … appartments, usually, by the 1870s, occupied by single women. 84 The corporation sold the almshouses in the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … usually called the Bladon composition, rising from 3 s. to 3 s. 4 d. a year; 39 a payment to Bladon in 1555 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … until the later 18th century. In 1768 only 4050 men and women, earning 8 s.9 s. a week, were said to be employed in … cutting leather, and the gloves were sewn by 1, 4001,500 women, mostly out-workers in surrounding villages, earning 8 …