1700-1749 | 1750-1799 | All Timelines
12 June 1701 – Act of Settlement places the House of Hanover in line for the English throne
March 1707 – Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified
April 1713 – Treaty of Utrecht ends a decade of war in Europe
September 1715 – February 1716 – First major ‘Jacobite’ rising begins
1718 – British convicts start being transported to penal colonies overseas
October – November 1720 – ‘South Sea Bubble’ bursts and triggers a financial panic
April 1721 – Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister
1723 – Poaching becomes a capital offence
19 October 1739 – Britain declares war on Spain and the ‘War of Jenkins’s Ear’ begins
1740 – 1744 – George Anson sails around the world
13 April 1742 – Handel’s ‘Messiah’ gets its first performance, in Dublin
23 July 1745 – ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ lands in Scotland to claim the British throne
16 April 1746 – Jacobites are defeated at Culloden, the last battle on British soil
1747 – Liverpool overtakes Bristol as Britain’s busiest slave trading port
1700 to 1749 It was ‘remarkably dry’ overall Britain and near continent. Dry years were common, while wet years were few & far between. Only 5 wet summers during this period compared with 16 during the 2nd half
1703 The ‘Great Storm’ was probably the worst ever experienced in England; it is described by Defoe in his work: “The Storm 1703”. The gale first blew from the south, then veered to west-south-west and finally to north-west. The southern half of the country felt the full force of the storm
1715/1716 Cold / severe winter – severe frost from 24th November to 9th February
1739/1740 This winter was extremely severe and may have been worse than that of 1715/16 – included a notably severe / bitter January and February – both January (-2.8degC) and February (-1.6degC) had sub-zero mean temperatures, only one of four instances of consecutive ‘sub-zero’ months (also 1684, 1878/79 & 1963)
1741 Prolonged heat/drought set in around 12th June and lasted until 2nd September, whence general rainfall – Autumn noted as particularly warm
1689 to 1702 William III
1702 to 1714 Anne
1714 to 1727 George I
1727 to 1760 George II
By the late Stuart period, (1603 – 1714) the Treasury was often run not by a single individual (i.e. Lord High Treasurer) but by a commission of Lords of the Treasury, led by the First Lord of the Treasury. The last Lords High Treasurer, Lord Godolphin (1702–1710) and Lord Oxford (1711–1714), ran the government of Queen Anne.
1721 to 1742 Robert Walpole – Whig (First Prime Minister)
1742 to 1743 Spencer Compton – Whig
1743 to 1754 Henry Pelham – Whig
St Mary – East Worlington
1700 Thomas Aiden
1715 Boyle Davies
1722 John Rosier
1745 Richard Bryan M.A.
1780 William Woolcoombe B.A.
St Mary – West Worlington
1682 William Shepheard B.A.
1727 Christopher Bedford M.A.
1750 William Hatherley M.A.
The barn fulfilled its role as a barn during this period.
