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History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Supervised by Robson, P. The position of women in the family and in society in Ancient Egypt, with special … Supervised by Yapp, M.E. Colonialism and the extended family in the Benin kingdom of Nigeria, 1897- 1950. Obinyan, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the numbers of medium holdings suited for operation as family concerns. This occurred even in the Chalk Country, … by the Englefields, occasioned a long dispute between that family and the townsfolk of Wootton Bassett. 27 Amongst the … rather the depression of the incomes of a large number of family farmers, even when, as in the royal forests, there was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… used for housing a wage labour force instead of a farming family. This system could easily result in farms of more than … Most of the gain in owner-occupation came in the small family farms of the north, although there was some gain in … preparation of land for crops, 190 there were more family farms in the north and more industrial employment. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the Savernake estate, where the heavy burden of debts and family charges had kept improvement outlay to a minimum. … of his Dublin house property to draw on for personal and family expenses. Thus at Savernake net income after deduction …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Ilbert de Lacy, prior to 1102, with other lands, to a family who is supposed to have taken the surname of Mitton. … mansion of Stonyhurst, the ancient seat of the Sherburne family, and of the farm, on moderate terms, from the late … on the road to Bury; containing 1598 inhabitants. The family of Aynesworth, located here, was of considerable …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rector 1707-56, 43 and the advowson descended in the Brice family to John's son Nathaniel (d. 1790), rector 1756-84, and … by Edmund Estcourt, 72 who married into a prominent local family and appears to have lived at Plainsfield at Over Stowey. 73 From 1707 to 1832 the Brice family was normally resident. 74 There were 12 communicants …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Doniford: 63 an estate at Aisholt descended in the Huish family until 1627 or later, 64 and one called Horsey's Postridge 65 in the Horsey family until 1507 or later. 66 Lands at West Holcombe were … Edward Hull in 1443-4, and probably descended in the Malet family with Enmore. It may be the estate known as Holcombe …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the abbey. St. Alban's gives the title of Duke to the family of Beauclerc; and the representative of the family of Grimstone enjoys the title of Earl of Verulam. … r. 33 p. Pepperhill, an ancient mansion here of the Talbot family, is now converted into a farmhouse. The living is a …