The history of the ancient town and borough of Uxbridge, by G. Redford and T.H. RichesWilliam Lake, 1818 |
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... present time . p . 307 . No. 8. A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot to the Inha- bitants of the Town . p . 308-319 . No. 9. Extracts from " The Presentments and Survey on view of the Jury of a Court Barron held for the Mannor and ...
... present time . p . 307 . No. 8. A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot to the Inha- bitants of the Town . p . 308-319 . No. 9. Extracts from " The Presentments and Survey on view of the Jury of a Court Barron held for the Mannor and ...
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... present bridge stands . There is no foundation whatever for this conjecture . But the modern name is most likely a corruption of the ancient Oxebruge or Woxbrigge . Etymology is at best so uncertain a clue to historical facts , that we ...
... present bridge stands . There is no foundation whatever for this conjecture . But the modern name is most likely a corruption of the ancient Oxebruge or Woxbrigge . Etymology is at best so uncertain a clue to historical facts , that we ...
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... present lords of the town are not in possession , and from several legal instruments and official decrees , it appears the burgesses were never in possession of any ancient grant , made by any lord of this manor , nor of any charter of ...
... present lords of the town are not in possession , and from several legal instruments and official decrees , it appears the burgesses were never in possession of any ancient grant , made by any lord of this manor , nor of any charter of ...
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... present , that the toll corne might be peaceablie gathered & solde to the poore at the reasonable rates , as form.ly & usu- ally it had bene , And that the money for wch it was to be solde might be deposited , & putt into indifferent ...
... present , that the toll corne might be peaceablie gathered & solde to the poore at the reasonable rates , as form.ly & usu- ally it had bene , And that the money for wch it was to be solde might be deposited , & putt into indifferent ...
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... present seem to have obtained their end . Legal proceedings were , however , immediately instituted by Lady Derby . Quo warrantos were issued by the court of Exchequer against both parties . In reply to that against the town , it was ...
... present seem to have obtained their end . Legal proceedings were , however , immediately instituted by Lady Derby . Quo warrantos were issued by the court of Exchequer against both parties . In reply to that against the town , it was ...
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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.