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A History of the County of Stafford
… line of the Roman road, Ryknild Street. Horninglow Street at the north end of High Street was part of a major east-west … street in what became Anderstaff Lane, after it had been taken into the borough in the later 13th century. The Market … former Thornewill & Warham ironworks. The centre's name is taken from the top-lit octagon on which the inside malls …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ( disci) which Abbot Nicholas (1187-97) agreed to provide at his own costs, and not as a charge on the kitchener: … and parts of Horninglow, Stapenhill, and Winshill were taken into Burton municipal borough in 1878 they continued as … and still in 1582, and weekly collections may have been taken as required by parliament in 1551. 16 Two overseers for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The abbey church stood beside an arm of the river Trent at the south end of the town, with its west front facing onto … 3 In fact Paget chose to live in a house he had built at Beaudesert, in Longdon, but in his will of 1560 he … Pound Yard, or the Arbour as it was known by 1612, 6 was taken by the parish vestry in 1829, and the southern part was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a probable population of some 1,600. 2 A local census taken in Burton in 1789 recorded 2,926 inhabitants in Burton … p. lxix. Eng. Historical Review, xxvi. 341-52 (Burton at p. 348). P.R.O., E 179/256/26, mm. 40-41. S.H.C. 1923, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was generally hard, and soft water from wells such as one at Bond End Farm had a market in the mid 19th century. 15 … the west arm because of drought and too much water being taken to power the mills at Winshill. 3 Some Bridge Street … by a Board of Education grant, and in 1919 the clinic was taken over by Burton corporation. The premises were moved to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… on 17-18 September was again held on Burton meadow. 19 At the request of local tradesmen the marquess of Anglesey … regatta was first held. 5 No further regattas seem to have taken place until 1866, following the founding of Burton … was disbanded in or shortly before 1920 and its boathouse taken over by the Leander club. 7 Leander and Trent Rowing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 5. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of York: … II., was forfeited to the crown; but from an inquisition taken in the reign of Edward III., it appears that the same … The name of this place is a corruption of Burton per Sea, or by the Sea: it is one of the manors that have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 160 ft. above O.D. on Newmarket Heath to 10 ft. above O.D. at the fen edge; the N.W. part is fenland and ranges between … stating that the nave roof was completed in 1464 may be taken as applicable to the other roofs, which follow a … 11). This mill stood derelict until 1955 when it was taken down and re-erected in Wicken Sedge Fen where it now …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… watercourse, known by 1677 as the New River, 5 joins at its west end the possibly also Roman Wicken Lode. The … before its modern straightening. On the east the boundary at first follows an irregular course, bending gradually … and the seaside. In 1979 the Burwell Bus Company was taken over by the Eastern Counties bus company. 2 Burwell had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 52 Probably after 1200 the church passed to the hospital at Fordham, whose prior Robert agreed, 1205 × 1227, to pay … it so as to be fit for worship, 68 was apparently not taken up. By the 1720s, when demolition was proposed, the … and again in 1835-6. 2 The tithes, recently partly taken in kind, partly compounded for by the farmers, were all …