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A History of the County of Somerset
… created of which Wincanton was the temporary head. 82 A borough 83 had been created by the mid 14th century, … streets and possibly part of the later Silver Street. A borough had been created by 1345. 17 During the 17th century … were 280 communicants in 1548 4 and c. 175 houses in the borough in the 1660s. 5 By 1791 there were said to be 383 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and September 29th. The town is divided into the Borough and the Tything; two constables for the former are … in the reign of Edward the Confessor the town was made a borough. The powers of the county debt-court of Winchcomb, … the Apostle) WINCHELSEA ( St. Thomas the Apostle), a borough and parish, having separate jurisdiction, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the company to be nominated, presented and sworn at the borough court, the said wardens paying 8 d. each yearly to … should be found it should be presented at the next borough court. The mayor and his compeers were to form the … choose two wardens, who should yearly be sworn at the borough court; no one might set up in the craft unless he …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… that within its ancient walls being 138 acres. The ancient borough of Winchester lay within the walls, but the east and … Weeke and St. Faith were included in the municipal borough. 3 By Local Government Board Order of 1900 the … The law of Athelstan had settled six moneyers in the borough. 38 King Edgar had ordered that one money should pass …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… brought the laws of the realm into harmony with the borough rules, the burgess was dealt with more severely than … the term of 'a year and a day' figure prominently in the borough customs of Winchester; we hear of the 'authentic … 20 d. Ibid. 778, m. 51. Arch. Journ. ix, 76; and Bateson, Borough Customs (Selden Soc.), i, 301 et seq. B.M. MS. Tib. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of … a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough life. That it would become so was inevitable, but …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to interfering with the Parliamentary elections in the borough he behaved oppressively towards a Mr. Tayleur, 368 a … the king and queen doing their shopping in person in the borough, and of the king visiting an old cottage woman and … extended over almost the whole forest of Windsor, the borough of New Windsor being excepted. 506 It included the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1861 was Bend Oak at the corner of Hawfield Lane and Borough Road, and most if its 204 a. lay in the area added to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and twice mayor, 1937-38 and 1952- 53: Stuart, County Borough, i. 52, 56. Plaques in entrance hall and side … and twice mayor, 1955-56 and 1966-67: Stuart, County Borough, i. 52, 57. Stuart, County Borough, ii. 194. S. Glover, Dir. County of Derby (1829), …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 607 a. (245.6 ha.), was taken into Burton municipal borough on its extension in 1878, 1 and under the Local … part of the township was included in Burton municipal borough in 1878, with populations of 2,829 in 1881 and 3,644 … population of the Winshill and Wetmore ward of the county borough was 5,551, rising to 5,680 by 1921 and 6,222 by 1931. …