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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … 19th centuries Admaston Spa was a centre for local genteel society, and in 1851 the locality was known for its … the later 18th and 19th century. The Wrockwardine Friendly Society met in the Wheatsheaf inn between 1794 and 1822, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society, and was consecrated on the 3rd of August, 1833; it … for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and the Society of Friends. An hospital for lepers, dedicated to St. Margaret …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of … small groups of houses have the style of a freehold land society estate. More cramped terraces were erected east of … drunkenness, or venereal disease. 46 In 1840 a friendly society began to meet at the White Horse inn. 47 In 1843 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. A Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans … In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was distributed annually. Edward Pemberton … workhouse was built on the site c. 1801 but the rent of £4 10 s. was not increased; it was paid out annually as … and subscriptions, was established in 1832. Members of the society, numbering 57 in 1853 and 68 in 1875, paid in small …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … and the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Society for Building Churches, and the Ripon Diocesan Society … are several neat monuments. The Baptists, the Society of Friends, the Independents, and Wesleyans have places of …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XIII Conveyance of land from Robert of Mithyngby to the archdeacon of Glasgow (1280-90) XIII. … paid. Which land was offered to my nearest relations and friends, in the court of Glasgow, at three head courts of the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XLIV Foundation of a chaplainry at altar of St Christopher in the High Church (1514) XLIV. Foundation … and the said Marion's, my spouse, and the souls of all my friends, and those from whom I have received goods, which I …