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A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Souls' ( Collegium animarum), was planned, built, and endowed by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury … charter was granted by Henry VI on 20 May 1438, 2 and at the archbishop's request the king accepted the title … 3 In accordance with this, the estates which Chichele and his lawyers had accumulated for the maintenance of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… It was created in 1934 from the existing civil parish and former township of Alstonefield (2,938 a.) and the adjoining detached portion (592 a.) of Fawfieldhead … club by 1905. 49 Both had lapsed by 1919 when two new clubs were started. 50 A tennis club appears to have been …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 5,383 a. (2,178 ha.) in area, … river Dove. 42 It is mostly pasture with scattered farms, and there are three hamlets, Fawfieldhead in the north, Newtown in the north-west, and Hulme End in the south-east. The main part of the parish …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Longnor was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 813 a. (329 ha.) in area. 65 Longnor … stands on a saddle in the ridge which dominates the area and gives the township its Old English name langen ofer, long … 20th century, 24 and trotting ponies were a feature of the sports held on the Thursday in wakes week in the early 1990s. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… QUARNFORD was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 3,141 a. (1,271 ha.) in area. 74 It is mostly pasture, and occupies the north-east corner of Staffordshire, marching with Cheshire and Derbyshire. The river Dane forms the boundary with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Alvescot lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Witney and 15 miles (24 km) west of Oxford, on gently rising ground … medieval settlements of Bromscott, Pemscott, Alwoldsbury, and Puttes, which were all deserted during the later Middle Ages, and which are treated in the following account. In 1881 the …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… America and West Indies 1970 A garden in her cups: botanical … coverage: 15801800 A history of A.I.R. Gallery: feminism and the American art institution. Brown, Meredith A. Ph.D., … Betty C. Regulation and the development of modern American sports: the case of professional boxing, 1945-65. Sheahan, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies April 1699 April 1699 April 26. Bill for preventing vexatious suits read the third time and returned down amended. A committee of both Houses appointed to consider the bill about negroes and Indians. April 27. Revenue bill sent up, read the first …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies April 1710 April 1710 [April 1.] 178. … on the Instructions to George, Earl of Orkney, Lt. and Governour General of H.M. Colony of Virginia. 13. mention … a custome for to take revenge; they fell on him with their clubs and axes and some with their knives and others with …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies April 1721 April 1721 April 1. Whitehall. 441. Council of Trade and Plantations to Lord Carteret. Encloseletter from Mr. Keen, and Memorial of inhabitants of Petty Harbour, 24th Dec., …