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A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree … board, was supplying every house in the parish. 123 A committee was appointed in 1831, during a cholera scare, to …
A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits … 1657 the more wealthy residents carried out an annual audit. In 1776 the vestry clerk, who had previously served …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … were sometimes appointed, and in 1877 a permanent estates committee was formed. 44 Until the later 17th century, when … in 1633 two collectors were appointed at the corporation's audit day. 49 In 1639, however, collectors for the poor were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … Humphrey Willis, clubman and author of The Power of the Committee of Som. (1646), Times Whirligig (1646/7), and …
A History of the County of York
… It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps illustrated in the beginnings of Anglian Christianity at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin … minster and the city churches were taken over by a special committee; the keys of the minster were given to the mayor …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary … 52 guaranteed the cost of the Worthing Season Advertising Committee's countrywide newspaper advertising campaign in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 … defences. It was represented on the Lancing Sea Defences Committee established in 1891, and from 1913 on the successor … huts on the beach. 61 There was a music and entertainments committee from c. 1915, 62 and by 1921 there were at least …
A History of the County of Sussex
… available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at … lectures were said to have almost ceased. 47 In 1855 its committee organized the Worthing Exhibition in the town hall, … working men in 1872, providing reading, refreshment, and committee rooms and bathrooms until at least c. 1883; 55 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with … the same name was founded or reformed in 1840; in 1841 its committee attempted to allay fears about its financial …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … Postern. The design finally adopted by the Building Committee of County Magistrates in 1825 was by P. F. Robinson … including the ruined tower were bought by the County Committee for 8,800. Demolition was at first contemplated but …