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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and some mines are in operation. A branch of the Shrewsbury canal passes through the township. The church was … township. The greater part is grazing land divided into dairy-farms, whose chief produce is cheese; a … which, after winding through the adjoining meadows, flows into the Thames below Marlow. It has one principal street, on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood furnaces closed in the 1820s and were later made into 16 dwellings, and the glassworks into 10 dwellings in 1856. 21 Until the growth of St. … About 1794 the Wombridge Canal was linked to the new Shrewsbury Canal. An inclined plane on the Shropshire Canal …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… steam mill was built in 1818 on the north bank of the Shrewsbury Canal. The mill, generally known as Donnington … partners in 1797. Those interests of Bishton's were put into the Lilleshall Co. in 1802. 96 The Lilleshall Co. worked … 20th century railway engine manufacture ceased, but large gas engines began to be produced to the ürnberg design. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Co. 74; G. M. James, 'Here be Dragons': Brief Glimpse into Hist. of St. Geo.'s, Telford [1982], 19-20 (copy in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1813 and 1822 respectively Lord Berwick and the earl of Shrewsbury retained the mining rights when they sold their … property. 62 The dukes of Sutherland and the earls of Shrewsbury were said to own the manorial rights in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… also met in 1861 at a house in Bunter's Row, south of the Shrewsbury Canal on the western boundary of the township. 74 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of … The chapel may have replaced an earlier one, the arch into the transept being possibly 13th-century. Traces of … was probably moved from the north-east corner of the nave into the chancel, and new communion rails were put in. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… all the moors as far east as Newport, 13 km. away. Lord Shrewsbury's sale of his rights in the Weald Moors in 1582 … and some land around Allscott, the parish was divided into substantial, discrete farms. 96 Table X Wrockwardine: … on a small scale until c. 1960 when new plant was introduced and larger-scale quarrying began east of Leaton. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and the … 8th earl of Shrewsbury, in 1618 the manor was divided into three, and so it remained until the early 19th century. … the manor's sale to Francis Newport in 1588 it fell into disuse. 41 Part of an apparently round corner tower and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the weaving of bombazin, crape, and other articles, introduced many years since, and in the manufacture of which … Great Wyrley, with the township of Cheslyn-Hay, was formed into an ecclesiastical district, having a population of 1753. … of Bassenthwaite lake. The ancient Hall has been converted into a farmhouse. The Rev. John Hudson, a learned divine and …