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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… remained a quarter-sessions town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the … form, but an ordinary almshouse was built (1815) on the canal side and endowed under this charity, each of the 5 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into … port. In that year there traded from Wisbech 13 keels and other vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… time was 10s. 2 In Wiseton were four bovats of land and an half, which anciently were wont to yield 10s. which … John, gave to one William le Harper paying 15d. per annum, and his heirs continued to hold it. 3 The jury, in 3 E: 3, … here and there, have a pleasing effect. The Chesterfield canal, which takes a winding course of two miles, through …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … line of a Saxon road. 12 It crosses both the Sence and the canal by bridges known as Wain Bridge; that over the Sence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have … a branch of the river Froome: the Gloucester and Hereford canal was opened to Withington, in Feb. 1844. The living is a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … Prov. Dir. (18234), s.v. maltsters; for coal transport by canal, above, intro. (communications). Pigot's Lond. & Prov. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … between Radcot and Oxford. 89 From 178990 the rival Oxford canal and Thames and Severn canal, with wharfs at Lechlade …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. The living is a discharged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … by computation, and is intersected by the Basingstoke canal, and the London and South-Western railway, the latter …