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A History of the County of Sussex
… first occur as describing a pasture place (e.g. Horsham) or a unit of local government (e.g. Warnham and West … other hand, a hamlet certainly existed by 1579 when Roffey Street was mentioned. Shipley seems not to have had the character of a village until the 18th century or even later, while at West Grinstead only three houses are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… first half of the 15th century. The West Tower was added, or, more probably, re-built in 1635, when the W. ends of the aisles were also re-built or refaced. The church was extensively restored in 1878 when … 100 yards S. of (3). a(6). Cottage, on the S. side of High Street, 320 yards W. of the church. a(7). Vine Cottage, 250 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… now overgrown with oak-trees: a brass celt, either British or Roman, was found at Litton in 1843. A school is endowed … Brannodunum, at which an eminent commander, styled Count, or Earl, of the Saxon Shore, presided over a troop of … floods. The town consists of two portions, designated Town-street and Ferry-street, a mile distant from each other; the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… some 8 hectares. These include at least 14 ring ditches or hut-circles, three double-ditched enclosures, a ditched … quern have also been found (SP 729646), apparently within or close to a ditched enclosure ( BNFAS, 2 (1967), 5; NM; … hillside to the stream and marks the line of the original street which ran to Pitsford from the cross-roads at the S. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… S. of Manor Farm, along the W. side of the main village street. The remains consist of a row of raised platforms and … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs only in the N. of the … and Furr Fields. There three separate areas of rectangular or curved interlocked furlongs are visible (e.g. centred SP …
A History of the County of Stafford
… estate. 2 Medieval Grange There was presumably a grange (or home farm) in the late 13th century, when the abbot made a … a shoe factory. When the company moved premises to High Street, in Burton, in 1924, the Branston factory was used for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A new schoolroom was built on the north side of Main Street in 1875 and was enlarged in 1881. 7 It remained an … until 1939, when the seniors were transferred to Clarence Street school, in Burton. In 1956 it was renamed Rykneld … comprehensive school whose junior section was in Clarence Street in Burton. That school building was closed in 1984 and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… which was opened in 1864 on the south side of Main Street. 8 It was replaced in 1870 by the present church on … in 1878 St. Matthew's mission church in St. Matthew's Street was opened from St. Saviour's in 1886. In 1889 it was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and village COMMUNICATIONS Main Roads The Roman Ryknild Street ran through the township. Its line north of Branston … had been the home of the Sanders family; Daniel Sanders (or Saunders) was the wealthiest taxpayer in Branston in 1660, … Road were connected to Burton corporation sewers in 1914 or shortly afterwards. Elsewhere in the township sewage was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1808. A chapel was built on the north side of Main Street in 1834, and the average attendance in 1851 was 73 … at Branston in 1892. A chapel at the southern end of Main Street was registered in 1896; services had ceased by 1925 …