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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … to the vicar. The church is a venerable edifice of red stone, substantially built and in good repair. … since, and endowed by several persons for 20 boys. An hospital dedicated to the Holy Cross and St. George, for a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … about the size of potatoes, next a regular stratum of stone, and below that large lumps of ironstone weighing up to … nearby Donnington Wood blast furnaces. In 1805 'black rock stone' was brought from Lord Craven's land in Little Dawley. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's house; his salary was £27 2 s. 10 d. The first master … it occupied the extended premises of the former Granville hospital. The first year's income comprised £150 in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… when it became part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the … provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities in 1917. 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of … of a west tower, nave, and chancel, of red brick with some stone dressing. Of plain Georgian design with roundheaded …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society membership … as the Rough 64 was demolished in 1864 and rebuilt in stone in 1869 to seat 170; 100 attended the principal …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … of the eastern 6 metres of the nave, constructed of large stone blocks, probably predates the mid 12th century. That … churchyard was made in 1750; a cast-iron base replaced a stone one in 1932. The registers are complete from 1591. 45 A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … arm of the moat was crossed by a possibly medieval stone bridge of two arches, which may have been contemporary with the stone foundations of the adjoining gatehouse. The later …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wyddial 149. WYDDIAL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). … of Buntingford. It is built partly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of … as those of the chapel, a doorway of classical design, in stone, inserted in the 17th century, and a 15th-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … and Elwall, Dorchester division of Dorset, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Weymouth; containing 1911 inhabitants. The living … has been given up. There are also quarries of excellent stone, applicable for building and other purposes. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1 Three and a quarter of its 8¼ hides were part of Warenne's land, forming two estates both called Benefield (later in … for Ewhurst vill with places west of the stream, and the hospital of Wyndham and the lords of Shermanbury and Ewhurst … at Warninglid in Slaugham, was exacted by the bishop's bailiff and pilloried at Henfield. 21 In 1598 the hundred …