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Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for … Jesus Coll. 20 Feb., 1608-9. Worrall, Edward s. Edward, of Manchester, co. Lancaster, pleb. Brasenose Coll., matric. 3 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, … pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had been made in the woodland at an early date. In 1066 there was arable … the inadequacy of his weak, porous pipes was revealed in Manchester, where he had been authorized to supply water. 39 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of … Lincoln, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing, in 1841, 307 inhabitants. This parish, along the western … the counties of Derby and Chester. It has a station of the Manchester and Sheffield railway; and not far distant is the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … township lies on the bank of the Mersey, on the road to Manchester; and comprises 1356 acres. Near Martinscroft-Green …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … and the Severn, and for the conveyance of goods from Manchester and the north of England, through Worcester. The …
History Theses 1901-1970
… World WORLD The Calvinist tradition in education in France, Scotland and New England during the 16th and 17th … Methodism in the 19th and 20th centuries. J.W. Harris. Manchester M.A. 1961. The import of capital. R. Wilson. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton … S. division of Lancashire, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Manchester, on the road to Leigh and Wigan; containing 8337 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three … Both estates had retained their value since 1066. 81 In the early 15th century 34 free tenants of Broadwater manor … much of it for northern towns such as Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow. 56 By 1893 a newly formed Fruit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … inhabitants. This was a member of the extensive barony of Manchester. The lordship was given by Albert de Gresley to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley with Wrinehill, Chorlton, Doddington, Hatherton, Hough, Hunsterson, Lea, …