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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… then named, 96 but by 1646 he had been sequestered by the County Committee. One Webb then obtained the support of a … pews. 34 Some improvements in the interior were made. In 1846 the reading-desk was re-sited and the pulpit altered, … parish had the second largest quantity of plate in the county; 60 oz. were taken and a cup of 12½ oz. left. This …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Upton Scudamore, and Boyton. By the Divided Parishes Act of 1882 6 and an order of 1883, 7 Pit Mead and Moot Hill … with its 304 poll-tax payers in 1377 stood tenth in the county, 20 was based on its market, first mentioned in the … stood there in 1962. 59 In the older area of the town courts began to develop on what had been the gardens of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were several which were styled manors, and for which courts are known to have been held. The manor of BOREHAM or …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the year. 63 Warminster was the only market in the county from which weekly returns of sales of corn had to be made under the Importation of Corn Act of 1828. 64 Between that year and 1835 the quantities … increased again and 'far exceeded' other markets in the county; this was said to be due to the coming of the railway. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… estates totalled together £90,000, and 20 voters for the county. 27 After the secession the Old Meeting was usually … was spent on the entire rebuilding of the chapel. In 1846 side galleries were added, so that the accommodation was … a small group which appeared openly after the Toleration Act. One of them was joint author of a pamphlet containing an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… total average attendance was about 220. 24 After the 1902 Act the schools were taken over by the county. In 1923 the girls were moved to the Close and united … 60 working youths, run by the vicar and his friends. 33 In 1846 a new building at the junction of Back Street and West …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… kept by a portreeve. 2 It was distinct from the manorial courts, and no doubt only had jurisdiction over the urban … Board, a committee of the vestry appointed under the Act of that year. 56 The board was active in its early years; … Warminster was the first of the smaller towns in the county to have one at all. 71 The other main problem which …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Warnham. 48 In the north the boundary was that of the county, as the name Shiremark farm attests. 49 The eastern … 99 possibly when the road was made a turnpike under an Act of 1755. 1 There were tollgates on the road at Warnham … at the same date there were a cricket ground and tennis courts in the south end of the parish near Broadbridge Heath. …