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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… between them, buttressed stem with defaced figures under canopies, 15th-century. Miscellanea: In churchyard and …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of the County), but the earliest reference to the hundred under the name of Wrandike is in 1166. 2 In 1287 the lords of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and the inner with a later hollow-chamfer cut on the edge; the responds have each one half-round and one round … with shield-of-arms. Font: octagonal bowl with chamfered under edge, mediaeval, stem and base largely modern. Monuments: In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was taken down by the late Sir Thomas Gooch. William Wotton, a learned divine, was born at Wrentham in 1666; and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of various Sorts and Sizes in a pleasing variety' listed under TUNBRIDGE ware [Tradecards (1794)]. Three of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… window, now blocked, of three cinque-foiled lights under a four-centred head; the jambs and head are moulded and … windows; the easternmost is of three cinque-foiled lights under a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late … and two-centred arch of two orders, the inner with rounded edge, the outer chamfered and with a slightly restored label, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wem. The sums allowed to the exhibitioners are, 60 to each under-graduate, and 70 to each undergraduate being a … is now vested in a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors, under the act 5th and 6th of William IV., cap. 76; the mayor … master of the grammar school and the master and mistress under Lady Thornhill's charity; these establishments, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Gower Street to accommodate families cleared from slums under the 1930 Housing Act. 24 By 1946 the remainder of the … a reading room and library opened in Matthews Buildings under the auspices of the rector and others. 53 There was a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1847 about half the land north of the Shropshire Canal was under arable cultivation, while some pasture and meadow lay … the 1860s and 1870s. In 1891, however, c. 240 a. remained under arable cultivation with a further 330 a. under grass. 74 After the First World War house building …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… produced an Anglican majority on the board, 92 which, under pressure from the Education Department, opened boys' … schools. 9 Wrockwardine Wood National School, built on the edge of the churchyard, 10 opened with 109 places 11 in 1831: … The weekly fee was 2 d. 41 The school was efficient under its four successive masters, 42 one of whom, Thomas …