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Wakes Colne: Nonconformity

A History of the County of Essex

… Wakes Colne Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. The recusant Edmund …

Wall - Wallsend

A Topographical Dictionary of England

Walmer - Walsoken

A Topographical Dictionary of England

Walsall Wood: Introduction

A History of the County of Stafford

… the South Staffordshire line to Walsall Wood Colliery. 49 Wakes were held, sometimes at Walsall Wood and sometimes at …

Walsall: Education

A History of the County of Stafford

Walsall: Social life

A History of the County of Stafford

… been instituted as a substitute for bull-baiting at the wakes. In 1870 and 1871, however, they took place in October, … were held at Bloxwich by 1841. They coincided with the wakes, and plays and shows were put on at a temporary theatre …

Waltham Holy Cross: Churches, schools and charities

A History of the County of Essex

Waltham Holy Cross: Economic history and local government

A History of the County of Essex

… after the Dissolution, lived in the parish, and the Wakes appear to have done so, perhaps intermittently, in the 18th century. In the 19th century the Wakes were non-resident, but the family of Sotheby lived at …

Waltham Holy Cross: Introduction and manors

A History of the County of Essex

… and Claverhambury were detached from the estate, but the Wakes remained great landowners in the parish. In 1842 Sir …

Warminster: Introduction

A History of the County of Wiltshire

… was told that the town had 'gone to sleep and never wakes up' so that 'men rust out rather than wear out'. 1 The …