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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… (PAIN'S-CASTLE), a hamlet and small village, in the parish of LlanbedrPainscastle, union of Hay, hundred of Painscastle, … in the parish of St. Michael, and National schools and a British school at Pembroke-Dock; also a number of Sunday … at St. David's, besides the episcopal establishment, a college of Secular priests; at St. Dogmael's, near Cardigan, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In 1086 the demesne of Painswick employed one plough and 11 servi. 35 The demesne … mill for only a few years. 45 By 1894 it was worked by the British Sports Supply Co. 46 and in 1897 the British Chess Co. was recorded there. 47 Soon afterwards the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Smith who in 1707 ordered £200 to be raised from the sale of lands within 5 years of the decease of himself and his … any male resident of Painswick attending a teachertraining college. 72 Elizabeth Cox (d. 1845) bequeathed £350 towards … from the parish attending domestic science college. 74 A British school, built next to the Congregational chapel in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Painswick Introduction PAINSWICK The former market town of Painswick, 3 miles north of Stroud and 6 south-east of … called Brownshill), Brownshill Court, 26 Hawkwood College (formerly the Grove), 27 and the Homestall (formerly … Winstone (1575-1655), a professor of physic at Gresham's College in the early 17th century, was born at Painswick, as …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Painswick Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of the manor of Painswick claimed view of frankpledge, assize of bread and … of the Stroud poor-law union in 1836. 38 A committee of health was formed for the parish in 1831 39 and an unofficial …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate held by Ernesi in 1066, 70 later called the manor of PAINSWICK, evidently passed to Walter de Lacy (d. 1085) 71 … incorporating Corinthian pillars formerly at St. John's College, Oxford. 93 Poultry Court, a dowerhouse built in the … sold after his death. 17 In 1972, known as Hawkwood College, the house was used as an adult education centre by …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… bold cliff, is constantly suffering from the encroachments of the German Ocean. In Domesday Book it is written … Henry VIII. the manor was parcel of the possessions of the college or hospital of Herringby, in Norfolk, and was … of Waxham, Knt. It then paid 22 s. 4 d. per annum to the college. 4 In 1645, it was conveyed by William Tasker to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) PAKENHAM ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Thingoe, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of Suffolk, 5 … 484 inhabitants. The tithes are impropriate in Queen's College, Oxford, and have been commuted for 270: there is no … whose graves were spearheads, spurs, and battle-axes of British and Roman manufacture, urns of terra cotta, and a …
Survey of London
… a narrow lane bounded on the west side by the curtilage of Noel House (see page 15) and on the east by the Campden … in 1859, settled in Manchester and became a naturalized British subject in 1864. 139 Later he came to London and … P.R.O., R.G. 10/29. D.S.R. B. 17 Sept. 1898, p. 250: The British Architect, 12 May 1876, p. 241: D.N.B. M.L.R. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… PALONTOLOGY Among many other claims to the best attention of the student of vertebrate palontology, Somerset has a … the true sharks (Selachii) a tooth from Clevedon in the British Museum belongs to the well known Psammodus rugosus, … or the allied genus Saurostomus, while a head in the British Museum belongs to a species of Pholidophorus, perhaps …