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A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the … and by a Primitive Methodist group established on Corn Street in the 1820s. 12 Both the Quakers and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … the principal, a great deal of business is transacted in corn, &c. A great market for prime oxen of the North Devon …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … Navestock manor, 30 and in 1508, and probably earlier, corn and oats were taken to Stratford and Stapleford Abbots, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … of Wolseley-Bridge, where are good inns and extensive corn-warehouses near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … mowing the abbess's meadow, reaping, binding, and carrying corn for one day, and an autumn boon work, were still being …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … soil, generally good, and remarkable for the production of corn and vegetables; the scenery, interspersed with extensive …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … and lower mills in Wombridge, almost certainly to grind corn; probably at least one of the mills was converted from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles … of Mr. Hitchcock. There are 137 acres of vicarial glebe, a corn-rent of 50 clear, and a parsonage-house. The church is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… purchased by a Catholic, 56 was bought by Charles Hooper of Eastington (d. 1869), 57 who gave it to Simeon's trustees, … 1291 60 and £9 9 s. in 1535. 61 In 1650 the annual value of the living, which included 25 a. of glebe, was £54 62 and … at £180 yearly in 1815. 64 The tithes were commuted for a corn-rent of £277 in 1838, 65 and the value of the living was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were … it was being worked by Nathaniel Cook, 35 and it was a corn-mill in 1818 when Thomas Hart was the tenant. 36 It was …