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A History of the County of Oxford
… Inmates included a few paupers until 1832, and both men and women until 1854, though by then the asylum catered … was replaced in 1937, when the brigade numbered twelve men and two officers, becoming the only volunteer force in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rectors between c. 1200 and 1500 were graduates, or men about whom enough is known to assume a higher education. … the vicars, about whom much less is known. Some were local men, among them William of Witney (appointed in 1262), … register for church members. A Church of England Working Men's Society and a Workman's Club were set up in 1888, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Briscoe family of Alvescot and Lew. Separate men's and women's meetings were held throughout. 83 During … continued until the 1780s. 85 'Ministers' included both men and women, among them Hannah Smith (d. 1817), active at … the fervour and understanding shown by 'young illiterate men' at her prayer meetings, 106 though adherents by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… endowed by John Westend in 1451, are occupied by sixteen men and women, who receive a small allowance of fuel; and at …
A History of the County of Essex
… of beneficiaries increased until 1867 when 51 women and 17 men each received an average of 3 yd. of flannel; after that …
A History of the County of Essex
… 21 Between 1381 and 1560 from 20 to 29 Wivenhoe men became Colchester bur- gesses. 22 By the 17th century … 1066 and 1086, two remaining on the demesne whilst the men's ploughs fell from 3 to 2; one freeman continued to hold … sewer (d. 1120) to St. John's abbey. 36 In 1395 nineteen men paid avesage for pannage for from 1 to 7 pigs each; after …
A History of the County of Essex
… population grew to 1,672 in 1851 and 2,424 in 1901, though men away at sea were apparently sometimes omitted. In 1901 in … visitors. Cheap railway fares were available for yachts- men in 1905. 73 After 1993 the annual regatta was centred on … the Lancastrians. 86 In 1470 and 1471 at least 8 Wivenhoe men joined the earl of Oxford and his brother Thomas de Vere …
A History of the County of Essex
… Went, of absconding with parish money. Eventually both men submitted to arbitration, and Thomas's original … the urban district council formed a fire brigade of eleven men, which at first stored its barrow, bucket, and hoses at …
A History of the County of Essex
… of W. F. Tyler (1883-1927) a Band of Hope met, there were men's bible classes and prayer meetings, and the earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to 500 tons of iron are manufactured weekly, and about 650 men are regularly engaged. The Priestfields works, for … manufactory, established in 1837, employs about 350 men, producing weekly from 1000 to 1500 boxes of tin-plates, …