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A History of the County of Shropshire
… people were attracted to Wesleyan meetings at Madeley held by the vicar, J. W. Fletcher. 27 In 1765 Fletcher …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 17 In the 1770s an annual Whit Monday 'jubilee' was held in the town with an open-air breakfast, a pageant, and … of the age' and the 1861 Shropshire Olympian Games, held at Wellington, consisted chiefly of serious athletics. … T.A.V.R. centre. 36 By the 1770s regular assemblies were held for subscribers. 37 Large indoor meetings and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remainder of the parish on clay. A small pleasure-fair is held on Old Lady-day. The living is a perpetual curacy, … to the Conquest, at which period William Paudulph, who held 28 manors of Earl Roger de Montgomery, made it the head … Roger, for rebellion in the reign of Henry I., Pandulph held it immediately of the crown, and thence became a baron …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the same site, of which some traces remain. The castle was held for the king in the Civil War and was besieged in 1644; …
A History of the County of Somerset
… with Goathurst manor to the Tynte family, 82 which held it until 1843 when Charles Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte sold it … as well as services on Sunday afternoons. 14 Communion was held at least four times a year by 1843. 15 Charles Alston, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… No tenants were recorded on the Perry manor which Ralph held of Roger Arundel or on Sydenham manor. Meadow, totalling … manor, was recorded also on the Perry manor which William held of Roger de Courcelles. The recorded livestock were 88 … were accumulated by such families as the Brents, who held land in Cheslade, Perry, Sandford, and Wembdon between …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 34 In 1846 a Sunday school for 15 boys and 35 girls was held in church, its master being paid by subscriptions, and a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1402-3, 56 1423-4, and 1427. 57 Courts were normally held twice a year in the 15th century. 58 In the 18th lessees … 1653 to 1806. In the later 18th century the court was held at Wembdon Farm and elsewhere in the parish, and a special court to take a surrender was held at the tenant's house in Salisbury. 63 From 1586 the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Merlsuain held WEMBDON in 1066; Walter of Douai held it in 1086. 12 The overlordship seems to have passed by … was John and Eleanor's son John, and the manor was held as of Ottery Mohun manor. 14 In 1487 and 1616 it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of York, in 1338 (between which period and 1564 it was held either by the queen or some branch of the royal … borough in five successive parliaments. Petty-sessions are held once a fortnight, and courts leet and baron … granted to the prior and brethren, is on Monday. Fairs are held on the second Monday in March, and May 12th, for …