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A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. … of two holding ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 The … 10 Houses were pulled down opposite Dawbins to build new homes in the 1960s. In 1941 a large new estate was begun on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … The parish comprises 1898 a. 1 r. 17 p.; it is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white … is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary … century and later. Though there was some early inclosure for sheep farming the area was largely one of nucleated … using a wide variety of building materials, to provide homes for people employed in Banbury and Oxford. The extent …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which … and of the late 16th century or early 17th, unusually for Wootton Rivers was built on an L plan. By 1732 cottages, … of the site of the pond several houses and four bungalows for old people were built in the 20th century. In the later …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … in the cathedral, and made the necessary preparations for defending their city. The assailants attacked it on the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1600s Ellioner Reeve. Ref.110 BA1/1/16/29 (1601) To the right reverend father in God the Lord Bushopp and others … notwithstanding itt pleased Master Wylde to send for the churchwardens unto whom they promissed to take some … Morrall to Kempsey to one John Robertes to be keapt by hym for viii pence a weeke. And was so paid by the space of on …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Sessions: 1618 William Lyes. Ref.110 BA1/1/21/79 (1618) To the right honourable Sir John Crooke knight one of the Kinges majesties justices of assizes and gayle deliverye for the countye of Worcester. The humble peticion of William … uppon one William Thorneburye, who had adjudged unto him for his damages the summe of xxii pounds x shillings and for …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1619 The poor prisoners of the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 … justices of the bench at the sessions of the peace holden for the county of Wigorn The humble peticion of the poore … wherein they now are and your peticioners will evere pray for your worships healthes etc. William Spender and Phillip …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… eight others of Fladbury. Ref.110 BA1/1/33/75 (1620) To the right worshipfull Sir [illegible] knight lord of the … lived in [Fladbury?] afforesayed in good name and fame for manie yeares now [last?] past is now become destitute of a dwelling howse for himself and his family. We therefore your worships …