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A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformist was reported in 1676 Metcalfe was alleged to be continuing a conventicle in 1678. 56 In the 1680s many Woodstock people were said to be attending Anabaptist meetings at Combe. 57 In 1737 … Hunt, a Baptist glover from Worcester, helped in 1820-1 to register two meeting houses in Old Woodstock, and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fined, and one or two recusants were reported from time to time until Catholic emancipation. 51 By 1930, 52 when … priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to Kidlington which became the parochial centre. Heythrop …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 5 acres. At Henton is a second church, dedicated to Christ. In the side of the Mendip hills, about a mile and … is the curious cavern termed Wookey-Hole, the approach to which is surrounded by scenery extremely picturesque. The … has a small sepulchral chapel attached. Here are places of worship for Wesleyans; and a national school. Woolbeding …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the Frome; the N. part, beyond … a chapel, though not registered as a certified place of worship before 1852. It is thus a late 18th-century example …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey in 1131. 91 Following a dispute with … serve the chapel of Alvington. 92 The abbey was licensed to appropriate the church of Woolaston with the chapelry of … in 1396 and 1397. 23 Cliffield was careless about forms of worship and on one occasion was absent for five to six weeks …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the charity funds in 1683. 99 In 1781 the vestry resolved to appoint a mistress to teach nine poor boys, 1 and the Clayton charity of 40 s. a year was paid regularly to a master in the years before a National school was founded …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, only the Gwillim family can be … 86 In 1809 a house at Woolaston Common was licensed for worship, and another in the parish by the Methodists in 1818. … a resident minister were attended by congregations of up to a hundred. 95 The chapel was still well attended until the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and … as a popish recusant in 1629. 13 Houses were licensed for worship by unknown denominations in 1819 and 1850. 14 … and 11 boys at the vicar's expense and 34 children paid to attend a day school. 24 Both schools remained open in 1833 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The … late rector, the Rev. Spencer Cobbold. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Plymouth Brethren. An … comprising about 636 acres. The lands anciently belonged to Tynemouth priory, and in the reign of Elizabeth were …
The Environs of London
… Wollewic, &c. I can find nothing satisfactory relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, … in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal … the manor of Southall in Woolwich. It is supposed to have been that estate which is described in the record of …