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A History of the County of Oxford
… Thomas was initially a supporter of the Oxford Movement, 'high and dry' according to bishop Wilberforce; 85 he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was the tenant-at-will of Fretes croft, who paid the high rent of 1 mark but no services; the croft may well have … 70 A likely consequence was a reduction in the relatively high number of landless labourers observed in the 16th … arable crop, with barley and oats also grown, and a high percentage of root crops. 3 The lavish household …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the river meadows, sometimes caused inconvenience as high as the village. When the Thames Navigation Commission … paper mill: the river level was kept permanently high, so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 24 The parish paid for dinners after the Michaelmas and Easter vestry meetings. In 1810 the vestry increased its dinner allowance from 20 s. to the unusually high figure of 30 s., and set an upper limit as high as £3 10 s. 25 In 1776 Yarnton spent £32 on poor relief, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… not alter its main N.W.-S.E. alignment. It is up to 1 m. high and 5 m.-6 m. wide with side ditches 0.5 m. deep and 4 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 17756 41 was spent on poor relief, in the three years to Easter 1785 c. 37 a year. Expenditure had risen to 163 by … was on Good Friday. Communion was celebrated at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun, and received by c. 15 parishioners. 67 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… fitting together, of effigy of priest in mass-vestments in high relief, middle part of figure remains, dark marble, late …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeadon, and Henshaw, comprises about 1730 acres, chiefly high moorland affording tolerable pasture; the surface is … has a well-built village, seated about a mile east of the high road from Ashbourn to Sudbury: Earl Ferrers is a … of hills which, as well as the adjacent country, are in a high state of cultivation. On the south-east are three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… door, and carved wooden screen are all of c. 1500. The high-pitched roofs of both nave and chancel retained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. £250 a year in the mid 17th century, reflecting the high valuation of inclosed land. 60 Leases were usually for 7 … to £360; in 1822 the rent was still £340 with penalties as high as £40 an acre for conversion to arable. 61 In the …