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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually came to depend upon the … all probability much greater than it had been in the past, and the affairs of the town were henceforth largely dominated … this remained the only one in operation in Wilton and the suburbs. There is little evidence about the kind of cloth …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in … whole ground to about 16 acres. AGRICULTURE Wilton and the suburban townships all lay along the rivers, surrounded by … countryside and to some extent absorbed labour from the suburbs to serve its own industries. There was thus a close …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic … at least fourteen bakers were at work in Wilton and the suburbs, and all fourteen were fined for evading the … days of brewing to the common brewers of the borough and suburbs, offenders being fined 2 s.; accordingly each Monday …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Modern town government and poor relief MODERN TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became established by … alarm, especially since at the time the parish and the suburbs were surrounded by more than 200 navvies at work on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost without a break, the borough … who represented Wilton in the Parliaments of 13045, 1309 and 131415, was a goldsmith, 3 Walter Colkyng, one of the … men whose interests were centred in the borough and its suburbs; nearly all of them can be identified as of Wilton, …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton … trenched, manured, and very well ordered for the growth of musmilions." Manor-house pulled down and rebuilt. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … can hardly be other than c. 1720. Others of comparable growth in the East Avenue and the magnificient West Avenue …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a … St. Swithin, a native, either of the city or its suburbs, presided over the see. By his advice, the latter … Stephen and Matilda. The population was great, and the suburbs, in every direction, extended a mile further than …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after the Dissolution as a charitable institution until … and necessitous men and women born in the city, soke or suburbs, who have been resident in the same not less than ten …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … swept up the whole legal business of Winchester and its suburbs within the seven-league limit, while every function …