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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 boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant …
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 … part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. … 44, 96, 107, 137, 153; Wesley Hist. Soc., Salop. Branch, Bull. i (7). Inf. from Mr. Lenton. S.R.O. 1861/12. Kelly's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … 1333 67 but the first vicar was not instituted until 1341 and the vicarage was ordained only in 1351. 68 Patronage of … Nov. 1951, 18-19; S.R.O. 4472/Ch/1. Salop. Arch. Soc. News Bull. xvi. 4-7; Bodl. MS. Top. Salop. c.2, f. 571. S.P.L., …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the … brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … Wales: the Role of Hen., Earl of Worcester, 1526-49', Bull. Inst. Hist. Res. li. 21. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. … forms the in-soken, and the divisions of Downham, Market-street, Silfield, Sutton, Towngreen, and Wattlefield, which …
A Dictionary of London
… Wyremongers Founded 1479 by the union of Chapemakers and Wyredrawers. No one to work on November 25th, the day of St. Clement the Pope (N. and Q. 11th S. IV. 147). Wysswarf See Fish Wharf, near London … Bridge. Wytecruchestrate, Wytecroychstrate See White Cross Street. Wyvelastone In the street towards the Tower over …