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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… courses of a large town' had 'no perceptible influence on the salubrious quality' of the water [Accum (1820)] His … used for COAL, FRUIT, SALT, etc., and other goods sold on board vessels in a port or in the river. The BUSHEL water … A deponent in 1659 referring to practice on the River Severn swore that for APPLEs the bushel water measure was 2 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… purposes; and wool-combing to some extent is carried on. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's … containing 338 inhabitants. It is situated principally on the south side of the North Tyne, and contains the hamlets … WELLAND ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Upton-upon-Severn, Lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Upton …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a large and varied parish: the easternmost townships lay on the east Shropshire coalfield and developed as loose-knit … centre of Wellington town ( c. 95 metres above O.D.) is on sand and gravel, which extends immediately westwards, but … Aston, however, drain south-westwards by Bell brook to the Severn at Wroxeter, and Walcot is drained by the Tern. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish apart from the three coalfield townships depended on agriculture and its associated occupations, with … townships, Arleston and Watling Street, lay partly on the coalfield and belonged to the Forester family. Mining … especially difficult of access by road from south of the Severn. Over the same period, having prospered as one of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… confident that Anglicans and nonconformists on the board would protect denominational interests. Indeed the board allowed the schools to be used on Sundays and for evening meetings 25 and to have their own … had 312 pupils in 1982. 88 Dothill County Infant School, Severn Drive, with 250 places, 89 opened in 1961 on the new …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1674. 88 By custom only burgesses were free to carry on a trade. In the Middle Ages residents who were not burgesses could purchase that freedom from the lord on an annual basis as tensers, and 'taintership money' was … manor court 8 and the Newport estate to that of Eyton on Severn. 9 From c. 1588 Aston was all subject to Eyton. 10 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the abovenamed), were assigned Crown lands in Wellington on similar terms, as was Gwion, son of Jonas of Powys, from … no children 51 and by 1550 the reversion had been settled on Michael Garneys, their nephew. In that year he sold the … parts of the township lay within the manor of Eyton on Severn. 60 In 1540 the Crown sold Aston to Thomas Bromley …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SERVICES. By the late 17th century there was a conduit on high ground at the southern edge of the town, near a large … Through local doctors it gave treatment to people not on parish relief. In 1900 c. 700 patients a year were being … and of the Lilleshall Gas Co. in 1939. 57 From 1936 the Severn Valley Gas Corporation owned a controlling interest in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Weobley Foreign. This ancient town consists of one street on the main road from Hereford to Knighton. The market is on Thursday; and fairs are held on the 9th of May and Oct. … the last century, were natives of the town. Westbury-upon-Severn (St. Peter and St. Paul) WESTBURY-upon-Severn ( St. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Charities CHARITIES. A number of houses were given to …