The history of the ancient town and borough of Uxbridge, by G. Redford and T.H. RichesWilliam Lake, 1818 |
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... believe that several charities , anciently in the gift of this town , have been entirely lost , through negligence and inattention in pre- serving documents , and transmitting information . Those copies of original deeds and grants ...
... believe that several charities , anciently in the gift of this town , have been entirely lost , through negligence and inattention in pre- serving documents , and transmitting information . Those copies of original deeds and grants ...
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... believe from ancient manuscripts , which we have perused , that there were from 70 to 80 burgage tenements in this town from the period of the twelfth century . view of counteracting the overstrained and tyrannical influence of the 8 ...
... believe from ancient manuscripts , which we have perused , that there were from 70 to 80 burgage tenements in this town from the period of the twelfth century . view of counteracting the overstrained and tyrannical influence of the 8 ...
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... believe this by the books of account in their possession , which were subse- quently produced on the trial of an issue in the court of King's Bench , in 1672 , at which the chief justice admitted that the Tolls , & c . had been received ...
... believe this by the books of account in their possession , which were subse- quently produced on the trial of an issue in the court of King's Bench , in 1672 , at which the chief justice admitted that the Tolls , & c . had been received ...
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... believe , now in the Rolls Chapel . The title is as follows : " Burgus de Woxbridge et Maneriu de Colham , Harfield et Morehall in comitat . Middx . " In this document it is stated that John Atlee held 15 acres of freehold arable land ...
... believe , now in the Rolls Chapel . The title is as follows : " Burgus de Woxbridge et Maneriu de Colham , Harfield et Morehall in comitat . Middx . " In this document it is stated that John Atlee held 15 acres of freehold arable land ...
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... believe improperly confounded with the word Folkmote , which signifies a meeting of citizens . The name Hal- mote is still kept up in several places in Herefordshire . Rees's Cyc . This document , which is in the possession of the ...
... believe improperly confounded with the word Folkmote , which signifies a meeting of citizens . The name Hal- mote is still kept up in several places in Herefordshire . Rees's Cyc . This document , which is in the possession of the ...
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acres Aged ancient annum appointed belonging Bishop of Worcester bridge Burgage burgesses Burial Ground Burrough called Chapel Chapel-wardens Church Coln Colnbrook Commissioners Comon Countess county of Middlesex court court leet Cowley Denley died Ditto Ditto Ditto Earl of Uxbridge Edmund Baker Edward extracted George Goldar Grand Junction Canal Grubb's Croft Harefield hath heir held Henry Honor inhabitants James John Lightfoot John Mercer king Lady land late Lectureship Lightfoot London Lord Lynch Green manor and borough manor of Colham Mathew Baker Meadow ment messuage Middlesex neighbourhood Norton occupation Overseers paid parish of Hillingdon Parliament pence persons possession present rent repair Richard river river Coln road Robert Saint Margaret School Scott Norton seyd shillings six poor Society Street tenements Thomas tion toll town of Uxbridge trustees unto Uxbridge aforesaid Vestry Vicar of Hillingdon Wardens West Drayton widow wife William Woxbridge yearly
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Page 114 - Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighborhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements.
Page 79 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Page 115 - ... of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements. They encourage the cultivation of the remote, which must always be the most extensive circle of the country. They are advantageous to the town, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in its neighbourhood. They are advantageous even to that part of the country. Though they introduce some rival commodities into the old market, they open many new markets to its produce.
Page 79 - Here the gray, smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 174 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 78 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Page 78 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Page 79 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command.
Page 58 - ... and to return again to the public debate ; and there being good stairs at either end of the house, they never went through each other's quarters ; nor met, but in the great room.
Page 231 - ... to administer justice for all commercial injuries done in that very fair or market, and not in any preceding one. So that the injury must be done, complained of, heard, and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues longer.