The rambler in Worcestershire, or Stray notes on churches and congregations, Volume 31854 |
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... parish of Welland became common or waste land . Where the boar , the deer , the fox , and the hare , were hunted ... parishes of this county , notices of ejectment having been served upon them only within the last few years . In the ...
... parish of Welland became common or waste land . Where the boar , the deer , the fox , and the hare , were hunted ... parishes of this county , notices of ejectment having been served upon them only within the last few years . In the ...
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... parish and send them on to the next , was evidently a design to stave off pauperism from their own doors ; but as the pauper met with similar treatment in every parish , so far from any relief being gained through the ' cuteness of the ...
... parish and send them on to the next , was evidently a design to stave off pauperism from their own doors ; but as the pauper met with similar treatment in every parish , so far from any relief being gained through the ' cuteness of the ...
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... parish ; and I find that already , owing to the churchyard being full of graves , an allotment of land has been secured for a new burial - ground under the enclosure . The school was built in 1852 by the exertions of the vicar , the Rev ...
... parish ; and I find that already , owing to the churchyard being full of graves , an allotment of land has been secured for a new burial - ground under the enclosure . The school was built in 1852 by the exertions of the vicar , the Rev ...
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... parish ; but this gift has not been in operation within living memory . How necessary for a Charitable Trusts ' Act to secure and regulate public bequests ! By the same returns it also appears that Charles Mayfield , in 1774 , gave to ...
... parish ; but this gift has not been in operation within living memory . How necessary for a Charitable Trusts ' Act to secure and regulate public bequests ! By the same returns it also appears that Charles Mayfield , in 1774 , gave to ...
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... parish church in 1838 , which amounted to 16A . 3R . 37P .; also a table of charities , of which the following is a synopsis : Giles Godwin , of Bristol , 1629 , gave a messuage then situate on Bristol bridge , which , at the rebuilding ...
... parish church in 1838 , which amounted to 16A . 3R . 37P .; also a table of charities , of which the following is a synopsis : Giles Godwin , of Bristol , 1629 , gave a messuage then situate on Bristol bridge , which , at the rebuilding ...
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