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Survey of London
… Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Road CHAPTER 22: BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE AND … BLACKFRIARS ROAD In 1756 the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London obtained authority by Act of Parliament … of the charity school, an annual distribution of beef and bread on Christmas Day and the purchase of land for …
Old and New London
… Blackheath and Charlton CHAPTER XVII. BLACKHEATH, CHARLTON, AND ITS … And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and … flags were flying, bells and music sounding, wine and ale flowing in rivers to the health of him whose return was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1559, charged his estate in Bladon with 6 s. 8 d. a year and Thomas Godfrey, by will proved 1747, charged his estate with £1 a year for the poor of Bladon. 70 Both charities had been lost by 1825. In 1606 … cent consols. 75 The income was used in 1825 for a dole of bread at Easter. 76 In 1896 the income was £2 1 s. 3 d. 77 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Economic history Economic history Agriculture of Bladon Township. There is no direct evidence for the … presumably one for the autumn sowing, one for the spring, and one for the fallow, which suggests a three-course … when the tenants of Bladon received 6 d. or 2 gallons of ale for the service, and again in 1649 when the payment was 6 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… hundred comprised Awre manor and its former members of Bledisloe, Etloe, and Purton (later part of Lydney … 28 In the late 16th century the leet enforced the assizes of bread and of ale, appointing breadweighers and aletasters. In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1086 when woodland attached to the nearby royal manor of Wootton was said to be in the king's enclosure ( in … asserted that Henry I built the first park wall c. 1110, and within its circuit of 7 miles kept beasts of the chase … meadows, for a single payment of 6 d. or 2 gallons of ale. 82 Sutton and South Leigh formed part of Stanton …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the chase led to the establishment at Woodstock of a hunting lodge, presumably by the reign of Ethelred II (978-1016) when a witan was held 'at Woodstock … bank of the river Glyme, just within Wychwood forest 43 and probably within the bounds of a large preConquest royal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Bletchley 111. … (O.S. 6 in. xv. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands on high ground N.E. of the village, and … is a small addition, partly modern, but containing an old bread oven. ConditionPoor. (8). Cottage, W. of (7). The walls …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Blidworth, Bludword Blidworth, Bludword. The Book of Doomsday shews that the Archbishop of York, before the … Archbishop Thomas had five Villains, having two Car. and one Mill which was in Ludham, Pasture Wood three leuc. … 3 The Chapter of Southwell, 3 E. 3, claimed Assize of Bread and Ale of their Tenants here, among the rest. 4 The …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Blith. Blide BLITH. BLIDE. I Find little of Blyth in the book of Doomsday, saving that here was soc to … one bov. . ad Geldam. 1 The land one car. There four vill. and four bord. had one car. and one acre of medow. and that … the vicarage was to consist, as (amongst the rest) in the bread which is called Maynport through the whole parish in …