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… necessary rooms, with two little rooms adjoining to the said house towards the entering into the said castle" (John Duncumb, Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Volume I Part 2, City of Hereford, 1804, p …
… of the 20th century hospitals were funded by charitable donations. This took several forms: annual subscriptions, small donations, and church collections might be used for the daily running of the hospital. Large donations and legacies, more often than not, would …
… was 1 hide which paid tax, and the value was 4s. By the time of the Domesday Survey it was waste. (Frank and Caroline Thorn (eds.), Domesday Book 17: Herefordshire, 11,2, Phillimore, 1983)
The second reference records that Laysters …
Duncumb, J., Collections toward the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. I, Hereford, 1804.
Heath-Agnew, E., Roundhead to Royalist, a Biography of Colonel John Birch 1615-1691, Hereford, 1977.
Hopkinson, C., Herefordshire Under Arms, A …
"combining administrative, ecclesiastical and commercial functions within a defensive circuit by the eighth or ninth century [and] may be considered to have been the most sophisticated purely Anglo-Saxon settlement to have grown up in England by that time …
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Hereford Record Office: Large collection of original documents and maps from AD 1000 to 1950. Search room and library available. Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Hereford HR2 6LA. telephone 01432 260750, e-mail …
History
The Hereford to Gloucester canal was begun in 1793 and completed by 1845. Unfortunately it was never the commercial success that it was hoped it would be and it closed in 1885, when it was rented to the …
The emergence of the Non-conformists
The "Non-conformist conscience" reflected the principles of a wide section of the community and influenced commercial, social and political morality.
Henry VIII's break from the Pope, which began the Reformation in …
Herefordshire Historic Environment Record Database
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… for agricultural produce from this rural area into the Severn and thence the industrial Midlands, opening up Herefordshire to bigger commercial markets. By the return route industrial goods from Birmingham and the area would be brought into the county. There …
… Our expertise also allows us to provide expert professional advice on research (non-clinical) design and all aspects of data collection, analysis and interpretation of statistics for the council and partner organisations. Information is published as much as possible in …
… most important surviving piece of medieval armour associated with Herefordshire. (Another important helm, the Chandos helm in the Royal Armouries Collection, may also be associated with Herefordshire as it is thought to have been made for Sir Richard Pembridge's …
… The area is now the site of the Kerry Arms Inn and the City Ring Road, at the point where Commercial Street and Union Street meet.
In 1624-5 it was recorded that during a nine-month period 12 prisoners …
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… were bought by a French dealer, but they were purchased from him by Sir Richard Wallace, founder of the Wallace Collection. Many Meyrick items can be seen free of charge at the collection at Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, where …
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… In 1836 a library was opened for the working classes that was attached to St. Peter's Literary Institution in Commercial Street. There the ordinary man could read the London and provincial papers, as well as other periodicals. However, at …
… that 55% of all rivers in England and Wales failing to reach the required 'good ecological status' are polluted by waste water.[1]
High levels of nutrients [Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P)] can cause pollution in rivers and lakes and …
… and back out again. This channel ran right under the Priory buildings and not only supplied water and flushed out waste but also powered one or more mills.
By the 18th century more channels had been dug in the vicinity …
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Keeping Herefordshire clean and tidy
Waste, litter, flyposting and graffiti spoil our streets and public places. So it's important we all do what we …
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Keeping Herefordshire clean and tidy
Waste, litter, flyposting and graffiti spoil our streets and public places. So it's important we all do what we …
… of English livestock in the 1920s. There was also a risk from contagious abortion or Brucellosis.
Pedigree farmers suffered alongside commercial farmers when the market was flooded with cheap imports from the meat markets of Smithfield and Birmingham.
For a …
… century improvement in health, and subsequent increase in population.
"The Hereford Dispensary was founded in 1835 and occupied premises in Commercial Street. It was supported by private charity and in its first year relieved 178 patients residing in the city …
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… 1807 Opening of Oystermouth Railway, Swansea, a horse-powered railway believed to be the first to carry passengers.
1812 First commercial use of locomotives on Middleton Colliery Railway, Leeds, using Murray & Blenkinsop engines.
1813 Blackett & Hedley build "Puffing Billy" for …
… palisade could sometimes be further strengthened by the addition of towers or turrets.
The bailey was where the residential and commercial buildings of the castle would stand. These buildings would include workshops for the carpenters and blacksmiths, stables for the …
… a local data bank, can pinpoint the date a particular log was cut and used, however, Tudor builders did not waste good materials and often medieval timbers were re-used in buildings of a later period.
A higher standard of …
… Prisons Act of 1877, which amalgamated the prisons of the city and passed the administration of the County Gaol in Commercial Road into the hands of the national Government.
The Gaol Street buildings were then re-purchased by the City …
… who received £97 12s 3d for the work. An "Opening Tea" was arranged which cost £3 5s 3d, but a collection was taken to offset this cost.
In 1838 there were 29 members but just over one hundred years later …
… Barons which led to the Magna Carta in 1215, Bishop Giles actively took the part of the Barons. (John Duncumb, Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. I, p. 1, 1804 (1996 edition, Merton Priory …
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… hand above the wrist, and forwarding it to her husband. This is supposed to have effected his release ..." (John Duncumb, Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. I Part 1, 1812 (1996 edition), Merton Priory …
… situated for a market town. It failed to change from a town supporting a castle to a market town, providing commercial opportunities for the surrounding area. (Trevor Rowley, The Welsh Border: Archaeology, History & Landscape, Tempus, 2001)
During the reign of …
… settlement, close to iron ore in the Forest of Dean, was devoted to industry requiring ample space for work and waste disposal". Besides building foundations and remains that included evidence for plastered walls and mortared floors, Bridgewater uncovered several areas …
… of the baths and other public buildings in your town. The ordo was also responsible to the Procurator for tax collection. Every year four magistrates were elected for each town. Between them they were responsible for minor matters of justice …
… son Harold had wrongfully seized it from St Guthlac's. The value before 1066 had been £16, later it became waste and by 1086 it was worth £10 10s. (Frank and Caroline Thorn (eds.), Domesday Book 17: Herefordshire, 19,8 …
… goods soon began to struggle.
More problems arose in the country because of the new system of enclosing common and waste land in villages in the Midlands. This meant that villagers no longer had any rights to gather wood or …
… in Ledbury, that is more than twice the number in Ross-on-Wye (105). The medieval street names reflect the commercial nature of town life: Middletown, the Stalls, the Butchers Row and the Shop Row. Edward III granted Ledbury citizens …
… difficult to take photos.
Hereford: Baptist Chapel
HER no. 36572, OS grid ref: SO 5140 4020
A Baptist Chapel on Commercial Road. It is of yellow brick with an Italianate style front. It was designed by John Johnson and G …
… the majority being from the late Mesolithic period. Much of this evidence is in the form of small pieces of waste flint and flint scatters. The Herefordshire evidence is mainly concentrated into three areas: the Golden Valley, Ledbury (rural) and …
… together they made up over two thirds (66%) of all economic output (Figure 2).
?Agriculture, mining, electricity, gas, water and waste? and ?manufacturing? are over represented in Herefordshire?s GVA compared to nationally, while ?financial and insurance? and ?information and …
… located close to a stream or river to ensure a plentiful supply of water for processing and effluent removal. Tannery waste includes proteins, hair, lime, salt, acids, tannins, dyes and oils. Today the processing of this waste involves biological treatment …
… was situated in the castle precinct in Hereford, until it was moved in 1143 to a site near the present Commercial Road and Country Bus Station, when it became affiliated with St. Peter's in Hereford and with the Abbey …
… Master hee shall not commit, matrimony with any woman dureinge the said tearme hee shall not contract ... he will not waste his master's goods, not lend them to anouther without license, he will not haunt taverns of custom unless …
… England on crusade. Bartholomew Mortimer and Roger de Lacy from Herefordshire were among the knights who accompanied him (John Duncumb, Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, Vol. I, Part 1, 1812 (1996 edition), Merton Priory …
… originally stood on the east front of the Market Hall, on either side of the clock, are now in the collections of Hereford Museum. They were rotated to strike the bells every quarter hour, hence the name quarter-jacks. The …
… between the hours of 9 and 4 daily, enter the house of any person to see if there be any waste of Water; and in the event of any Occupier refusing admittance, the Corporation may cut off the supply of …
… country. A class divide soon began to develop between the landed gentry, the factory owners and the workers. This "new" commercial and industrial society was governed by a liberal national state based upon the principles of political equality and popular …
… the land previously held by King Harold in Herefordshire:
"Harold also held Chickward. 1 hide and 3 virgates of land, waste... In Huntington 3 hides... In Rushock 4 hides. Earl Harold held these lands. Now the King has them; they …
