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A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary … the north the parish is bounded partly by Long Lane, the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at … but by 1367 it was back at the levels obtaining before the Black Death, a fact perhaps suggesting a population recovery. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the north. In the … passed through the centre of the station, and crossed the river at Wroxeter Ford, from which point it branched off … containing 363 inhabitants. It lies on the navigable river Bure, and comprises about 1300 acres, of which the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it amounted to some 2,000, 5,000, and 4,300 dozens of 'black' and 'bald' ironstone. In 1761 Richard Reynolds of … from the nearby Donnington Wood blast furnaces. In 1805 'black rock stone' was brought from Lord Craven's land in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… premises. 24 That year the C.E. school building was again black-listed, and in 1964 the new Wrockwardine Wood C.E. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of arable and livestock farming in the parish before the Black Death, sheep farming seems not to have been of great … the parish was apparently always that at Allscott, on the river Tern. It was probably the mill worth 12 s. in 1086. 1 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the remainder a fertile tract extending southward to the river Derwent. Wykeham Abbey, the seat of the Hon. Marmaduke … for its importance to the foundation of a priory of Black monks, at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by … church contains some very ancient gravestones. A priory of Black canons in honour of St. Lawrence, was founded here in …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… and above the said Brig of Glasgow, on either bank of the river Clyde, possessed by them and their predecessors; with free privilege of the water and river of Clyde, trade and traffic thereof, and others …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of the Bridge thereof built and situated upon the river Clyde, and preservation of the said bridge from the strong current and flooding of the foresaid river; the said Metropolitan Church and foresaid bridge being …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Brackets, &c. w th. all sorts of Picture Frames, either Black or Carv'd & Gilt, Likewise Looking Glasses of all …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… another bridge in the parish is called Twyford bridge. The river is navigable for barges, by which a considerable … to Mr. Meynell, occupies the site of a convent for Black friars, founded by Peter de Brus, who died in 1240. It … the priory of Gorleston, two lazar-houses, and houses of Black, Grey, and White friars, many fragments of which …