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A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … the other villages around Oxford, suffered in the Civil War. Royalist troops, including the artillery, were billeted … on the north end of Port Meadow during the First World War, and the site was used for a short time in the Second …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between … 1645, when the house was severely damaged in the Civil War. 39 Thereafter the site was used as a quarry for building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … in 1813; and concerts are held occasionally. During the war, barracks were erected on the high ground about half a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … of the most modern casting foundries in Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 … in 1901. The works was still open during the First World War. 96 Between c. 1900 and c. 1909 a Chemical Works (late H. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory … of 1939 to build 74 council houses was interrupted by the war with only 16 completed, and in 1943 over 200 new houses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of … 1879 and 1885, remained in existence until the First World War. 17 As in all the coalfield parishes the number of poor …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was … Hadley & Trench Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the Hadley, Trench, and … engine was then at Wellington. 45 After the Second World War the county council provided a retained fire station at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … remaining roughly constant until after the First World War when the beer sellers began to be closed. There were … the district, the wakes did not survive the Second World War. 59 Fairs, probably during the wakes, took place on the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … master of the buckhounds temp. Q. Anne, secretary-at-war, chancellor of the exchequer and P.C. 1713, M.P. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… purchased by a Catholic, 56 was bought by Charles Hooper of Eastington (d. 1869), 57 who gave it to Simeon's trustees, … 1291 60 and £9 9 s. in 1535. 61 In 1650 the annual value of the living, which included 25 a. of glebe, was £54 62 and … by his son John. 79 John was ejected during the Civil War 80 when Woodchester was served by a succession of …