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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… district, in the parish of St. Quivox, district of Kyle, county of Ayr; containing 4620 inhabitants. This is wholly a … for ecclesiastical purposes separated from Duirinish, by act of the General Assembly, on the erection of a church by … baronial residence of the earls of March, who held their courts here, and whose descendant, Patrick, in 1363 granted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Louth, hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from Louth; containing … of the Liverpool and Birmingham railway. In 1846 an act was passed for a railway from this station to Lichfield … mayor is returning officer. The recorder holds quarterly courts of session for all offences not capital; and the lord …
A History of the County of Stafford
… commons, altogether 350 a., were inclosed under an Act of 1865, partly for agriculture and partly for new roads …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 66 Responsibility for education passed in 1903 to the county council and in 1974 to the metropolitan borough of … Ex inf. the headmaster (1974). Nat. Soc. files; Staffs. County Council Educ. Cttee. Mins. (1932-3), p. 39 (copy in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a swimming pool, three football pitches, three tennis courts, two bowling-greens, and facilities for other games. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… SERVICES. The lord of Shelfield manor was holding two courts a year by 1317, 14 and in 1632 he was said to possess … of the poor law, and the Walsall Improvement and Market Act of 1848 extended the powers of the borough justices to … P.O. Dir. Staffs. (1868). Kelly's Dir. Staffs. (1880). County Boro. of Walsall, Jubilee of Transport Undertaking …
A History of the County of Stafford
… rents and services there. 57 By 1317 John was holding courts at Shelfield. 58 In 1344 he conveyed all his property …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had been increased to 3 s. 97 The Walsall Corporation Act of 1890 required the council to maintain the alms-houses … was to be spent in cash grants to needy persons in the county borough. 19 In 1972 the income of the joint charity … food, or clothing among poor over 65 and resident in the county borough for at least ten years. 14 In 1971-2 the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… souls after death. 78 The guild was suppressed under the Act of 1547. The Crown sold small parcels of guild property … a plain Gothic style by Robert Griffiths of Stafford, the county surveyor, 64 was of red brick with blue-brick … W.S.L. Sermons). S.R.O., D. 1287/18/26, business corresp. 1846-7, P. Potter to Lord Bradford, 3 Aug. 1837; docs. at St. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Wolverhampton 'and places adjacent', the first turnpike Act affecting Walsall was passed, dealing with part of the … and its external appearance rank second to none in the county'. It was particularly distinguished by its pillared … still paying for its repair in 1824, 94 it had become a county responsibility by 1830 when Lord Bradford was given …