Author: William John Monk Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780656173563 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 208
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Excerpt from History of Burford There are not many towns just like Burford. It stands to-day very much as it did in the days of the Georges and before. The long, wide street, the old houses, the venerable Tolsey and the Church make up a picture of past times which it has seemed well to represent by pencil and by pen, before the now distant railway invades the quiet town, bringing with it the destroying hand and disturbing influence of modern civilisation; before, too, the records of the rich historical and other associations of Burford are dispersed by Time's relentless hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Robert Cuthbertson Muir Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780266874256 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 470
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Excerpt from The Early Political and Military History of Burford The writer lays claim to no literary ability, and has no intention of resorting to a verbose and tedious flow of intricate and complex synonyms, to describe, relate or place on record, events and occurrences which can be as well understood by a plain and unexaggerated statement of facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Fisher Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780266588238 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 142
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Excerpt from A History of the Town of Burford, Oxfordshire The compilation of a local History is always one involving much labour and research, but especially so when the in habitants of the Town that is the subject of it do not possess any Antiquarian taste and are unable to render the requisite information. The Author of this small Work has felt this difficulty and discouragement, yet he has spared neither toil nor zeal in collecting materials, and if they are more scanty than he or his Readers could have desired it must be attributed to the cause above alluded to. Important documents relating to the Church-property and Town Charities* in the posses sion of thomas cheatle, Esq, have been unreservedly placed at his disposal, and to that gentleman he returns his grateful thanks for the privilege so kindly accorded. He also begs to offer his sincere thanks to W. R. Cooke, Esq, for his liberality in presenting two Illustrations to the Work, and to five other kind friends for their contributions towards other Illustrations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William John Monk Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267811861 Category : Burford (Oxfordshire, England) Languages : en Pages : 42
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Excerpt from Burford the Official Guide The place had even then acquired the name it now bears Burford - and as ancient names were not mere abstract forms devoid of meaning, it tells us that the original inhabitants so called it, because there was a ford at the place and a protection to it which was then called a bur or burh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Shropshire Parish Register Society Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780266775355 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 322
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Excerpt from The Register of Burford, 1558-1810 The area of the Parish is acres, and the population in 1861 was in 1871, in 1881, in 1891, in 1901, in 1911, It is somewhat remarkable how little the population has changed in the 50 years from 1861 to 1911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: R. H. Gretton Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780265434895 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 792
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Excerpt from The Burford Records: A Study in Minor Town Government MY thanks are due to many whose kindness has contributed to the making of this book. In the first place, I have to thank Mrs. Cheatle, who, by allowing me access to the portion of the Burford Records in her possession, gave the first im pulse towards what has become a considerable undertaking. Secondly, I express my thanks to the Burford Charity Trustees for the long study I was permitted to make of the Records in their keeping. In this connexion I gladly acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. E. J. Horniman, who not Only provided the monetary guarantee required by the Trustees for the safety of their documents, but has, throughout my work, given me that peculiarly valuable kind of encouragement - an ever-ready interest in the details of my investigations. To the President and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford, my thanks are due for permission to print extracts from the series of leases of property in Burford formerly held by the College, which the kindness of the Bursar of the College enabled me to consult, and from which I have gathered some of the earliest facts, hitherto unknown, in the history of the Corporation of Burford. The Rev. W. C. Emeris, m.a., Vicar of Burford and Rural Dean, has added to many incidental kindnesses' the writing of much of the chapter on the parish church of Burford, thus giving to my book in that respect an authority which no one else could have given it. I am sincerely grateful to him for the generosity with which he has allowed me to make use of his knowledge in this and other points of Burford history. To the skill of my brother-in-law, Mr. David Crichton, m.a., and of Mr. Frederick Hall, Controller of the Oxford University Press, I owe the admirable series of photographs of Burford. Buildings; and to Mr. H. E. Conway the view of Burford, from a painting by him, which appears as the frontispiece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Holden Hutton Publisher: ISBN: 9781330905975 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 370
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Excerpt from Burford Papers: Being Letters of Samuel Crisp to His Sister at Burford; And Other Studies of a Century (1745-1845) Such unity as these "Studies of a Century" possess is due to all of them, I believe, having been written either to or in a house at Burford, in Oxfordshire, and so I call them all Burford Papers. The letters which form the earlier part of this volume have been most kindly placed at my disposal by Mrs. Edward Egerton Leigh, of Broadwell Manor House, Moreton-in-Marsh, who has also helped me more than I can say by her stores of knowledge about all that belongs to the Leighs and their kindred and friends. The further illustrations which we gain from these letters of Samuel Crisp of the literary circle in which Fanny Burney moved at the time of her first great success will, I hope, be welcomed by all those to whom Dr. Johnson and the Thrales, as well as the author of Evelina, are old friends. I think that the other details, more domestic, of the letters medical, pecuniary, and the like are also worth preserving; and certainly the picture which is given of the writer himself is a delightful one. The other papers in the book were all (or nearly all) written in the house where Mrs. Gast lived when she received the letters of her brother, Samuel Crisp. I have described different parts of it in the course of the volume. The letters of Samuel Crisp have never been printed before; and, of my own sketches, those called In the Other House, Some Oxfordshire Jacobites, A Spanish Court Painter, "A Bath Evening," The Rev. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William John Monk Publisher: Trieste Publishing ISBN: 9780649603626 Category : Languages : en Pages : 220
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Author: William John Monk Publisher: Theclassics.Us ISBN: 9781230313849 Category : Languages : en Pages : 58
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... Ecclesiastical Burforb. THE SYNOD. 5jOR many years before the 7thcentuiy a strife had raged between the ancient British Church and the Roman Church respecting the question, "When should Easter Day be kept?" The Britons adhered to the rule laid down at the Council of Aries, A.d. 3r4, that Easter Day should be the 14th day of the Paschal moon, even if it were on a Sunday. The Roman Church had decided that when the 14th day of the Paschal moon was a Sunday, Easter Day should be the Sunday after. Various Synods were held in different parts of the kingdom with the object of settling this controversy, and one was held for this object at Burford A.d. 685. We may deduce from the fact of the Synod being held at Burford, that the Britons in some numbers had settled in the town and neighbourhood. This Synod was attended by Ethelred, King of Mercia, and his nephew Berthwald (who had been granted the Southern part of his uncle's kingdom); Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury; Borel, Bishop of Worcester; Sexwulph, Bishop of Lichfield; Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury; and many others. The Archbishop Theodore mentioned certainly left his mark on the history of the Church. The circumstances under which he was appointed Primate are as follows: a remarkable mortality had seized the Saxon Bishops, and as the Churches of Rome and England were at this time in close connection, the Saxons asked the Pope if he would select a man for Archbishop. This was quite natural, as the Pontiff had a large field from which to make a selection; and, moreover, the last candidate for the Archbishopric that the Saxons had sent over to Rome for consecration died on the voyage, and there were few men, on account of the mortality referred to, equal to undertaking that very onerous...
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