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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… main road to Malmesbury. It consists principally of a long street, crossed at right angles by two shorter ones, with a … running, and never freezes: it is said that Sir Joseph Banks spent a fortnight in examining the wells. Some … the ranges of building erected to the east of the High-street, on a tract of land called Oldbury; and the formation …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… d(9). House (Plate p. 228), now two tenements, at the street corner, 110 yards N. of the church, was built possibly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… as later, women; a rent of £4 from a house in Long Street assigned to the almspeople before 1628 was their main …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in the former wool warehouses at the entrance to Hampton Street built by Matthew Bamford, 52 and two malt-houses in … the Witchells', which occupied an adjoining site in Church Street. The breweries apparently closed down in the 1930s. 56 … market-house, had been built at the top of Cirencester Street for the sale of cheese and bacon. 89 It fell into …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… William Romney's School, was opened at the Ferns in Long Street; it was supported by the county council and the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… first burgages were apparently established on Cirencester Street, the old road to Cirencester descending the hill east … granted to Acornbury Priory c. 1230 were there, 71 and the street was called the high street in 1459. 72 The early-13th-century grant also …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Cutwell and followed the streets later called New Church Street and Comber's Mead to join the old route some way … the lane to Cirencester in 1594 16 and the New Church Street stretch was described in 1681 as the highway on the … attacked some of their recalcitrant tenants from Redcliffe Street, Bristol, who were attending the fair. 45 In the early …