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A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western boundary of the parish and of … at Overley Hill in 1817. 29 Overley Hall, a 14-bedroomed red-brick house with 'Tudor' features and a gothic tower, set …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… payable to the vicar. The church is a venerable edifice of red stone, substantially built and in good repair. … a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … supposed to have been a bridge. The Roman Watling-street passed through the centre of the station, and crossed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground falls sharply, giving extensive views north … In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen in eminence; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant … 26 Wrockwardine Wood Girls' and Infant Board School, Gower Street, opened in 1879 to accommodate 99 girls and 136 … incompetence. 32 In 1927 the schools were renamed Gower Street Girls' and Infants' Council Schools. 33 By then …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It … 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed building in Albion Street had been provided. An ambulance service was added to … it consisted of a west tower, nave, and chancel, of red brick with some stone dressing. Of plain Georgian design …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 300 of them free. 57 In 1864 it was rebuilt in diapered red and blue brick to seat 700, and in 1869 there were said … 1930. 67 The Primitive Methodist Jubilee chapel, built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … wetmoated enclosure, 68 × 54 metres, with some red sandstone walling visible on the island. To the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… probably plastered originally, but are now colour-washed red, with 'tuck' pointing to represent narrow joints. All the … building of two storeys and an attic; the walls are of red brick, and the roofs are partly tiled and partly slated. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2920 acres: the soil is partly clay, and partly a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. The Oakham canal passes … forms the in-soken, and the divisions of Downham, Market-street, Silfield, Sutton, Towngreen, and Wattlefield, which …
A History of the County of Sussex
… met twice a year, at Cowfold, 23 and it was meeting at the Red Lion there between 1786 and 1811. 24 Its officers were the …