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A History of the County of Stafford
… Easter Book probably of the 1550s was 84. 2 The township's population in 1801 was 309, rising to 357 by 1821, falling … to 5,680 by 1921 and 6,222 by 1931. In 1951 the ward's population had increased only slightly to 6,279, but it was … estates. The population of the borough council's Winshill ward was 7,201 in 1981, falling to 6,614 by 1991. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the main settlement stands on a large exposure of fuller's earth 3 and the soil is stone brash resting on clay. 4 The … the northern part of the parish where it passes by Salter's hill. Ermin Street has been an important thoroughfare … when it contained three cottages 26 including a blacksmith's. 27 By the early 19th century there was only one house at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … three daughters as coheirs, Frances wife of Richard Mason of Necton (Norf), Mary wife of Robert Goodricke, and … in 1735; the latter was succeeded by his cousin William Mason, who bequeathed the manor and other property to his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, … property since 1943. The actual builder was John Lovin, mason, of Peterborough. His contract with William, 5th Earl …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal … in the early 17th century included a blacksmith, chandler, mason, labourer, hempdresser, and barber, as well as weavers …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may … young Thomas of Witney (fl. 1300), an influential master mason who later worked at Winchester under the bishop's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … town quarries were recorded in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at Westminster in 12923 … a schoolroom and vestry. The designer was the Witney mason William Biles, and the builder Elijah French. 252 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … probably an error, arising possibly from the parish church's location just outside the borough boundary within Curbridge … near its former proportion', and withheld payment from the mason, Humphrey Smith of Abingdon (then Berks.), because it …
A History of the County of Essex
… at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to buy material for gowns. In the early 19th … for £41,000 for residential development; in 1974 Feedham's Charity Trust, formed to administer the funds, built seven … payment appears thereafter to have lapsed. 21 Dr. C. W. Mason, by will proved 1883, be- queathed £300 to the poor; …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … with most of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land … E.C.L. Colch., Press cuttings, Wivenhoe shipbuilding, Mason's notes; Butler, Story of Wivenhoe, 154, 222, 224, 227; …