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A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the north-east, and the river Colne …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of … c. 1700; in 1757 it was sold to the first of a series of brewers, and from 1771 was certainly an alehouse. From 1774 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It … protect clothes and BEDDING from moths and fleas, and in brewing ALE, though this last was prohibited by [Acts … the wort had been boiled and before the YEAST was added. Brewers seem each to have owned several wort leads; for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … 1327, 26 a slatter in 1306, 27 and 3 masons in 1381. Three brewers were recorded in 1381. 28 The growth of the cloth …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1540. Presentations were made by the Crown in 1342-3 and 1370, and (under royal grant) by Mary (née de Brewes), countess of Norfolk, in 1346 and 1350. 13 From 1540 the advowson descended with the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation … and was still so in 1856 when the lease was taken by the brewers Wootten 8 Co. The building was extended in 1857 and … Manor Farm in Old Woodstock, carried on a successful brewing business until 1907. The duke gave up the Balliol …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … buying large quantities of wool contrary to statute. 87 Brewers, brewhouses, and malthouses were mentioned, 88 and in … grain named 29 residents with stocks of malt or grain for brewing and baking, and 17 were councillors. 32 The licensing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached … dismantled after the closure of the line in 1964. 84 Three brewers, one at Brockweir, were recorded in 1476 and two …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … centre north of the village. In the 1530s up to four brewers were presented for a breach of the assize of ale 16 …