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A 50th Anniversary PRIZE QUIZ (Members of the Society's Committee
disqualified from entering). Latest date for entry: 15th August '92. The prize for the
first correct (or nearest correct) solution is £10. Second and third prizes may also be
awarded.
The Quiz is an alphabetical one, the solution to each answer correspond-ing to the stated letter of the alphabet. All answers relate to the area which the Society serves.
A 22 parishes round here were joined together under the 1834 Poor Law to form this (two words)
B Most cemeteries originated round parish churches. There are two in this area (Alcester and Studley) which did not. Which are these? (two words)
C Towards the end of the 17th century a Protestant mob came out from Alcester and vandalised the Catholic chapel here (two words)
D Wyke on the Coughton-Sambourne lane was one: Burnells Broom probably was. What were they? (three words)
E This place was part of the manor of Oversley (one word)
F In 1902 the Alcester one got a steam engine to replace the manual one (two words)
G This family got the manor of Alcester because the previous owners ran out of male heirs (one word)
H The 'Mop', common in these parts, was originally one of these. (two words)
I These are often found with wills up to the mid 18th century in probate records (one words)
J These men formed the Quarter Sessions (four words)
K This is the only mill we know of in our area which was constructed specifically for the needle trade (two words)
L Farmers hereabouts give this name to remains of the old ridge and furrow system (one word)
M In the early 18th century Kinwarton church was well-known for producing a large number of these (one word)
N It started in Studley in the first quarter of the 17th century, spread to Sambourne and Alcester, where it eventually became very important (one word)
0 Before the poor law guardians, these men looked to the needs of the poor in each parish (four words)
P He had charge of the parish or manor enclusure where stray animals were put (one word)
Q A meeting house behind the High Street in Alcester once belonged to them. (one word)
R The court of Quarter Sessions at Warwick, particularly in the 17th century, usually gave this name to the papists of Coughton, Oversley and other places (one word)
S The ordinary writing of the 16th and 17th centuries, which we find in wills and other documents and which many find difficult to understand is called by this name (two words)
T This was sometimes another name given to a parish constable, especially in small places (one word)
U The destroyed chapel down Bulls Head Yard in Alcester at various times accommodated three sects; Presbyterians and Congregationalists were two -- what was the other? (one word)
V The volumes of this book were published in 1945 and deal with every parish in Warwickshire (three words)
W Its tollhouse is one of the three still in the area (one word)
Y In the social scale in previous centuries he came between a gentleman and a husbandman (one word)
© G.E. Saville