The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire: Inclusive of Some Portions of the Ancient Histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with Curious Memoirs of the Lives of These Early English Writers ... a Directory of Every Town and Considerable Village in the County; a Gazetteer of All Towns, Villages, Parishes and Hamlets ... and an Itinerary ...R. Wrightson, 1830 - 800 pages |
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... parochial rates , annual valuations , and the proportions paid to the county rate by each parish , at a particular period , is presented wherever it could be ascertained , throughout each division . The historical descriptions which ...
... parochial rates , annual valuations , and the proportions paid to the county rate by each parish , at a particular period , is presented wherever it could be ascertained , throughout each division . The historical descriptions which ...
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... parochial law , yet workhouses did not become general till 1730 , -that of Birmingham was erected in 1733 , at the ... rates would increase and decrease together . When this observation was made , the poor had always found ...
... parochial law , yet workhouses did not become general till 1730 , -that of Birmingham was erected in 1733 , at the ... rates would increase and decrease together . When this observation was made , the poor had always found ...
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... parochial rates was £ 10098s 6d , at 6s 6d in the pound . In 1811 it contained 416 houses and 1862 inhabitants . In 1821 it contained 465 houses and 2229 inhabi- tants , of whom , it is supposed , 500 are employed in the manufacture of ...
... parochial rates was £ 10098s 6d , at 6s 6d in the pound . In 1811 it contained 416 houses and 1862 inhabitants . In 1821 it contained 465 houses and 2229 inhabi- tants , of whom , it is supposed , 500 are employed in the manufacture of ...
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... parish in the hun- dred of Balichway , 2 miles froth Alcester and 105 from London . In 1803 the sum raised by its parochial rates was £ 345 12s 14d . In 1811 its population was 250 . In 1821 it contained 56 houses and 290 inhabitants ...
... parish in the hun- dred of Balichway , 2 miles froth Alcester and 105 from London . In 1803 the sum raised by its parochial rates was £ 345 12s 14d . In 1811 its population was 250 . In 1821 it contained 56 houses and 290 inhabitants ...
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... church has been rebuilt , and is a vicarage value £ 8 . TUTNAL and COBLEY , -Two hamlets in the parish of Tardebigg , although in Barlichway hundred , in the county of Warwick . In 1803 , the sum raised by parochial rates was £ 393 88 ...
... church has been rebuilt , and is a vicarage value £ 8 . TUTNAL and COBLEY , -Two hamlets in the parish of Tardebigg , although in Barlichway hundred , in the county of Warwick . In 1803 , the sum raised by parochial rates was £ 393 88 ...
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