The History of the County of Gloucester: Compressed, and Brought Down to the Year 1803 ...author, 1803 |
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... beginning of last century , whose representatives , Mrs. Jones and Edw . Bearcroft , Esq . are the present owners of more than half the property of this tything . Wyndhams , with other considerable property , belongs to the Hon . And ...
... beginning of last century , whose representatives , Mrs. Jones and Edw . Bearcroft , Esq . are the present owners of more than half the property of this tything . Wyndhams , with other considerable property , belongs to the Hon . And ...
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... beginning of the last century . It was trans- ferred by purchase from Lady Somerset to Henry Scuda- more , Esq . of Cannon's Bridge , near Hereford , who was succeeded by his son , Henry Blackford Scudamore , Esq . He died and left his ...
... beginning of the last century . It was trans- ferred by purchase from Lady Somerset to Henry Scuda- more , Esq . of Cannon's Bridge , near Hereford , who was succeeded by his son , Henry Blackford Scudamore , Esq . He died and left his ...
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... beginning of last century . The property is now very much subdivided , and it does not seem to be agreed in whom the manor is vested . The principal estates belong to Ed . Probyn , Esq . Wil- liam Holder , John Holder , and the Rev. Mr ...
... beginning of last century . The property is now very much subdivided , and it does not seem to be agreed in whom the manor is vested . The principal estates belong to Ed . Probyn , Esq . Wil- liam Holder , John Holder , and the Rev. Mr ...
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... beginning of last century , and his descendant , James Viney , Esq . is the present proprietor . Other proprietors are John Nourse , Esq . , Mr. T. Per- kins , & c . Twenty freeholders voted in 1776 . Population , 200—250—378 . Houses ...
... beginning of last century , and his descendant , James Viney , Esq . is the present proprietor . Other proprietors are John Nourse , Esq . , Mr. T. Per- kins , & c . Twenty freeholders voted in 1776 . Population , 200—250—378 . Houses ...
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... beginning of the 17th century , when Do- rothy Arnold , the heiress , carried it by marriage to Sir T. Lucy , of Charlecot , co . Warw . who was lord of the manor 1608. T. Brown , Esq . alderman of Gloucester , was afterwards proprietor ...
... beginning of the 17th century , when Do- rothy Arnold , the heiress , carried it by marriage to Sir T. Lucy , of Charlecot , co . Warw . who was lord of the manor 1608. T. Brown , Esq . alderman of Gloucester , was afterwards proprietor ...
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Seite 386 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my...
Seite 386 - This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle...
Seite 386 - Pennant tells us, that on the first of May, in the Highlands of Scotland, the Herdsmen of every Village hold their Beltein, a rural Sacrifice: They cut a square Trench in the Ground, leaving the Turf in the Middle; on that they make a Fire of Wood, on which they dress a large Caudle of Eggs, Butter, Oat-meal and Milk, and bring besides the Ingredients of the Caudle, Plenty of Beer and Whiskey ; for each of the Company must contribute something.
Seite 386 - ... on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal and milk; and bring, besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whisky; for each of the company must contribute something. The rites begin...
Seite 42 - On the eve of Twelfth-day all the servants of every farmer assemble together in one of the fields that has been sown with wheat. At the end of twelve...
Seite 387 - This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose; but on the next Sunday they re-assemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.
Seite 43 - ... soaked in cider, which they claim as a reward for their past labours in sowing the grain. This seems to resemble a custom of the ancient Danes who, in their addresses to their rural deities, emptied, on every invocation, a cup in honour of them.
Seite 96 - The iron manufactory," writes Rev. T. Rudge, at the beginning of this century, "is still carried on, and the metal is esteemed peculiarly good ; but its goodness does not arise from any extraordinary qualities in the ore, but from the practice of working the furnace and forges with charcoal wood, without any mixture of pit coal. The quantity of charcoal required is so considerable, that the furnace cannot be kept in blow...
Seite 96 - Lancashire ore in the furnace requires fifteen or sixteen sacks of charcoal. When the furnace is at work, about twenty tons a week are reduced to pig-iron : in this state it is carried to the forges, where about eight tons a week are hammered out into bars, ploughshares, Kc. ready for the smith.
Seite 185 - It consists of a nave and chancel, with a tower at the west end, containing one bell only.