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A History of the County of Somerset
… 90 By the later 14th century the borough court met 12 or 14 times each year. Views of frankpledge were held at … a janitor for each of the 4 town gates, and keepers or wardens of 12 streets or other areas into which the town … between them, in 1805 four men, and in 1811 three. The street constables were effectively replaced in 1829 by four …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1066 Merlesuain held BRIDGWATER, which in 1086 Walter (or Walscin) of Douai held as one of a group of manors which … in the group were held of it. 20 From 1283 the manor, or at least the 'foreign' as distinct from what had become … Muchelney abbey was granted a half burgage 95 in High Street, which it still held in 1388. 96 The Monmouth family, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Roger Hoar were acting as trustees of a house in Dampiet Street, 22 probably the building described as a meeting house … 600 members. 25 A new Presbyterian meeting house in Friarn Street, evidently the result of secession, was licensed in … was issued to eight individuals, all from Glastonbury or Street, 45 and about the same time there was said to be …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1885 and 1891 Sisters of Mercy occupied a building in King Street. 11 A group of Sisters of the Holy Rosary opened a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Parish Church of St. Mary stands on the W. side of South Street. The walls are of local rubble and ashlar with … label. In the W. wall is a modern doorway with a modern or restored lancet-window above it; further S. is an arch of … in the N. transept, but all the capitals have simple leaf or reed-ornament; it encloses a restored lancet-window …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… surrounded by hills, having on the west the river Bride or Brit, from which it takes its name, and on the east the … of the English navy was ordered to be made at Bridport, or within five miles of it, exclusively. The markets are on … supposed to have been the line of the ancient Stayne-street, or Roman road from Arundel to Dorking. It adjoins a …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… practice, 'but not without the help of either Dr Fryer or Dr Turner, &c.'. Admitted to prescribing a medicine … and all these contained, as he said, many schedules or bills prescribed by him.' Sent to Wood Street prison while his case was considered. Frankly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of walls, pavements, etc., of a fair-sized house, 2 or 3 ft. below the surface. The site is just above the … in laying pipes at the cross-roads, Church Road, Walnut Street, Park Chase and Spring Road, mosaic pavements were … the E. c. 1521; this was the Lady Chapel. About this time or shortly after the S. chapel arch and windows were built. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the manor, if any man die seized of copyhold lands or tenements which descended to him in fee, his youngest son … the rest pasture, with the exception of 76 acres of common or waste and about 50 acres of hop-ground; the surface is … The church is a small ancient structure. The Roman Ermin-street passes along the northern side of the parish. An alien …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… site of a medieval manor house remodelled in the late 16th or early 17th century, and set amidst formal gardens. Its … east leah ('east wood-pasture') and strtforda ('street ford') referred probably to present-day Ashley's wood … recalled in the Anglo-Saxon placenames Brightwell ('bright or clear spring') and Cadwell ('Cada's spring'). 12 The …