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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… surmounted by an octangular spire of freestone. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Near the church is an ancient … and subsequently a seat of the West Saxon kings. It was a place of importance for several centuries preceding the … and the engagement is now thought to have occurred at a place named Ellendune, in another part of the county. A …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to the Guildhall, 3 and thus stood in or near the Market Place although its exact site is not known. As the guild church, it was often used as the assembly place for the burgesses, particularly at the time of the … period, however, it may only have been used as a meeting place and not as a church, and in the course of the 16th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the reign of Stephen; most of the warfare up to 1148 took place in an area likely to affect Wilton, 7 and in 1143 … and the decline of Wilton as a trading centre took place very rapidly in the course of the next two centuries. … New Salisbury was a more populous and comfortable place than Wilton, and therefore a more convenient one at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… systems of southern Wiltshire 1 was an obvious choice as a place of settlement by the migrants from the south, who about … is evidence for this, although Ramsbury was the more usual place of residence for the bishop in Wiltshire until at the … an early borough in government and trade. It was a minting place of more than passing importance; of the six mints of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… industry in New Salisbury, however, seems to have taken place in the 16th century, 8 and since in the early 16th … apparently final decline of Wilton's cloth industry took place, so that by 1840 only 10 of the 40 surviving looms were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… so that by the 15th century the stalls in the market place had fallen into total decay, 14 and it is unlikely that … century some further inclosure of meadow land had taken place, and many of the meadows of the demesne lands of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a borough reeve, responsible for collecting royal dues in place of the royal official. During the course of 12056 … 2 d. on each burgage. 29 Further subdivision, which took place in the 14th and 15th centuries, tended often to obscure …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… as to the times of selling victuals, 58 and the time and place where butchers might kill animals for meat. 59 Whether …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… burgesses were disfranchised, and others elected in their place in conformity with orders in council. In October 1688, … of town life; this aspect of local government had taken place to some considerable extent well before the final …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to be applied to certain specified objects: in the first place money was to be paid for the maintenance and …