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A History of the County of Oxford
… site of the church. Finds of tiles in the modern river bank east of the site of the tower suggest that the buildings …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, are some quarries of fine limestone, … is navigable for vessels of 120 tons to the town: on its bank are two excellent quays. The market is on Wednesday, for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… interchange in 1971, to the Greyhound interchange, Ketley Bank, in 1975-6, and to the Wombridge interchange north of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… century mining was established at Coalpit (later Ketley) Bank and probably at Snedshill. 27 By the early 1720s the … for £200 a year. 28 Hartshorne, who had leased the Ketley Bank mines from Lord Gower since 1715, 29 improved and … Jane (d. 1737) apparently continued to work the Ketley Bank and Priorslee mines 31 while the Wombridge ones were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where 250 children lacked school places in 1875, 53 when … raged over the board's intended school site at Ketley Bank, some ratepayers demanding a more central position. … 57 The Education Department, however, approved the Ketley Bank site 58 and the school opened in 1878. A continuing …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the lord of Shifnal granted the canons the whole of his bank of the stream dividing Snedshill wood from the canons' … alongside mines and ironworks, notably at Ketley Bank. There was little cohesion, and only in the mid 19th … householders in Oakengates and three in Wombridge; Ketley Bank householders may have been taxed with Ketley township. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… C.P.s of Hadley (at Trench), Wellington Rural (at Ketley Bank), and Shifnal (between Woodhouse colliery and Priorslee … a shallow valley, flanked by the higher ground of Ketley Bank to the south and St. George's to the east, both over 150 … of the band: to the south-west between Hartshill, Ketley Bank, and Hollinswood, and to the north-east between Newfield …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of Leegomery manor. 15 A lock-up built at Snedshill … in from Priorslee, and Priorslee children attended Ketley Bank Board School though their parents paid no education …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Sir John Leveson-Gower owned property in Ketley, Coalpit Bank, Oakengates, and Wombridge. 98 That part of Ketley …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 25 and, save for the Wesleyan chapel at Ketley Bank, no nonconformist meeting house was ever established in … Oakengates town, and the Primitives opened one in Ketley Bank. There were no chapels on the north side of Oakengates … About 1764 a Wesleyan society was established at Ketley Bank by J. W. Fletcher, vicar of Madeley. 26 A Wesleyan …