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A History of the County of Sussex
… held more intermittently. Up to c. 1750 the court dealt with land transactions, the regulation of agriculture, and … last two in 1895, but copyhold business was being dealt with until 1924. Besides the steward a beadle is recorded … there was no local government machinery capable of dealing with the problems arising from the rapid growth of the resort …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of Oakwood, 763 inhabitants. This parish, … an extreme view of the Wolds of Surrey and Sussex, with the English Channel in the distance, and northward a fine prospect of Reigate and the valley of the Thames, with the hills of Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate. The living …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with some flint and ironstone; the chancel contains some … is tiled; those of the rest of the structure are covered with lead. The Nave, with its arcades and with N. and S. aisles, was built c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part … new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with here, included the townships of Wrockwardine, Admaston, … transfer of Walcot township (414 a.) from Wellington C.P. with 13 a. from Rodington C.P. increased the length of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of muriate of lime, and is also slightly impregnated with iron; the lower spring contains no iron, but a greater … proportion of muriate of soda, and is strongly impregnated with hepatic air. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued … remainder meadow and pasture; the substratum abounds both with coal and ironstone, and some mines are in operation. A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… began to cover the centre and south part of the township with new streets and works. Much of the north remained … the remainder of the Woodhouse Crescent estate was built, with the neighbouring Gibbons Road estate being added in the … 33 and in 1931 the old-fashioned New Yard works closed with the loss of 1,000 jobs. 34 Apart from Watling Street and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded … wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of … virtually no woodland remained. In the later 19th century, with the decline of mining, woodland began to reappear on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent … century Killstone field lay south-west of Wrockwardine, with Wrockwardine (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) … originally been attached to Leaton. 59 Wide field, shared with Walcot township (in Uckington manor) in the 16th …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 … 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, dealing mainly with agricultural regulation, survive for 1397-8, 1411-14, … at courts there in the 16th century and answered with Eyton and Horton at Hinstock court leet from the 14th to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the Crown until 1231. In 1172 Henry II granted half the … from 1176 to 1186 when his son Meredith was joined with him. Father and son were dead by Michaelmas 1187, but … her death as Lady Cobham in 1376. The manor then descended with the barony of Strange of Blakemere to the Talbots, earls …