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A Dictionary of London
… Botolph (St.) Aldersgate On the west side of Aldersgate Street, at the south-east corner of Little Britain, in … of the Portsoken Ward, sometimes called the upper end, or upper precinct ; the other portion includes the Lordship of East Smithfield, together with the parish or precinct of St. Katherine near the Tower of London, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… priory estate all lay there. 12 The place-name Botolphs or St. Botolph's is recorded from the mid 13th century. 13 It … show that the name was formerly pronounced Buttolphs or Buttles. 19 Both settlements have shrunk considerably in … century seem to have lain at the east end of Annington street, 36 perhaps at the point where the modern road turns …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of eight farms c. 1840 and was then 'purely agricultural or pasture but abounding with mines, at present little … lease to existing workings. 21 There was evidently little or no mining in Botteslow in the 1830's, despite its known … Coalfields (1960). P.O. Dir. Staffs. (1868); W. Campbell, Street Map of Stoke, Fenton and Longton (1907; copy in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… knoll, and on the S. is the site of a manor (68). The main street is in two sections, running N.W. and E. from the … around the village and a fourth on the common downland or heath. Older enclosures lay in or around the village and the Park. (E. Hailstone, History of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages. 24 A group of ten or more round barrows, most ploughed down, and one or two containing Bronze Age burials, are scattered over the … fen edge. 37 The older part of Lode lay along a dog-legged street running southwards from the south end of Bottisham …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bottisham, with whose share, £30, a house on Lode street was bought in 1744. Called c. 1800-30 Craister's or Crofter's Hall, it then housed, rent free, up to seven … the late 19th century pensions of £5-10 were paid to two or three old people. About 1975 £200, by 1980 £320-40 was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… vicar 1837-61, built at the south-east end of Bottisham street, on an 11-a. plot allotted to the living at inclosure, … by the 1980s been converted into a nursing home for sick or mentally infirm old people. In 1990 that home began … the 1440s, some of them holding the living for 20 years or more. 64 Some were perhaps non-resident, like their early …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… holdings, including the two knights' fees, of a yardland or more, two being based at Lode and Longmeadow, comprised altogether c. 580 a., while eight others of 9 a. or more included 97 a. Another 35 tenants with up to 4 a. of … scientific instruments at their garage on the village high street, 65 were still in business in 1990, when ten other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in small prizes, to encourage regular attendance, among 90 or more children. 79 In 1981 that charity still owned 4 a. in … a new built one-storeyed brick building west of the high street, in which a master, paid £10 yearly, was to teach 16 … them regularly to church. The nominal endowment, 50 or 100 a., along with the school site, remained with the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the hue. In 1512 a man was forbidden to sell butter or cheese while his wife had the 'French pox'. 83 Constables … and c. 1830 reached almost £1,200. 3 About 1834 40 men or more might be supported in winter when unemployed. Some … rusticated front, built in 1858 north of the high street. Behind it were cells and quarters for a police …