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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and … union of Bridport, Bridport division of Dorset, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Lyme-Regis; containing 300 … hundred of North Curry, union of Taunton, W. division of Somerset, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Taunton; containing 448 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … Axbridge, hundred of Brent with Wrington, E. division of Somerset, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Axbridge; containing, with …
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 … houses. 13 The presence of the spa and (by 1856) a railway halt led to the emergence of Admaston as a small, …
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 … are watered by a rivulet. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway skirts the parish on the east. The living is a …
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 … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … the home and export markets. In the early 20th century railway engine manufacture ceased, but large gas engines …
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 … 13 Feb. 1894. Ibid. 11 Aug., 8 Sept. 1891 (proposal for joint cookery centre). S.R.O. 1240/9-12; 1604/19-21. S.R.O. …
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 … England Trust, and the bishop of Lichfield, then became a joint patron of the united benefice. 72 After 1351 the vicar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… It is built partly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of earlier date … be of the 15th century, but both have been much re-built and it is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The … The North Aisle with North Chapel is built of brick, and dated 1532 by a brass commemorating the builder; it is …