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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cottenham Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY 21Until the 20th century the arable land was confined to the low ridge between Rampton Drift and the church. The cultivated area had reached the Westwick … there were three open fields: Aldeburgh east and south of the village, Lowe south-west, and Foxholes between them. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 89The master in 1596 taught in a 'chapel' 90 apparently at the west end of the parish church, since the schoolroom is said to have … in 1617. 91An unlicensed teacher was at work in 1619 92 and some sort of regular school presumably continued, since …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cottenham Introduction Cottenham The parish of Cottenham, 48 covering 2,924 ha. (7,224 a.) until 1985 and 2,927 ha. (7,231 a.) afterwards, 49 comprises a wedge of … was still a major event in the university's sporting calendar. 79 Friendly societies had 41 members in Cottenham …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cottenham Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES According to traditions recorded in the early 12th century, the manor of CROWLANDS was given to Crowland abbey (Lincs.) by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… N.E. (b)xiii. N.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, near the middle of the village, is built of flint rubble with stone dressings, and is covered with cement; red brick is used in the N. wall …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Cotterstock 6 COTTERSTOCK (Fig. 51) Cotterstock is a parish of 286 hectares, standing on the W. bank of the R. Nene. It … the N. side of the street. There were 24 families in 1673 and 30 in 1801. The manor fell in the 14th century to John … date (Plate 124). In 1831 the building was in a poor state of repair and James Richardson of Stamford drew up a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… cheap WOOLLEN CLOTH not dissimilar from FRIEZE or FLANNEL, and not be confused with the textile made from the vegetable … must be so named because it had an appearance suggestive of cotton seems to be unlikely; more probably cottons took … cotten-wool; cotten wooll; cotten wool] COTTON in its raw state. It is the white fibrous substance, soft and downy like …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cotton - Coupland Cotton COTTON, a township, in the parish of Sandbach, union of Congleton, hundred of … about a mile west of the road from Brereton to Knutsford, and comprises 323 acres, of a sandy soil. The vicarial tithes …
Cardiff Records
… Sept r 27 Friday. To fill vacancies caused by the deaths of Joseph Wheeler, Thomas Bourne and Francis Minnitt, the following were made Assistants and … esquires, two of the Commissioners for inquiring into the state of Municipal Corporations, stating that they would …
Cardiff Records
… Minutes 18351843. Cardiff Borough to Wit AT a Meeting of the Councillors of the said Borough, held at the Guildhall … Corporation Act. All the Councillors were present, and Mr. Walter Coffin was elected to the Chair. The following … the Borough, to be submitted to one of the Secretaries of State pursuant to 5 & 6 W. 4, c. 76, s. 124. Mr. Whiting …