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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… the N. and S. chancel-arcades were altered, and perhaps reconstructed, together with the N. chapel and vestry, and … Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (41 ft. by 18 ft. at the E. end and 21 ft. at the W. end) has chamfered quoins at the S.E. angle. In the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The great … Hall, belonging to Sir Clifford Constable, lord of the manor, and now occupied by George Clifford, Esq., uncle to … of considerable importance. It was the head of a royal manor having extensive jurisdiction, and formed part of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. … in the township in the Middle Ages. Part of the settlement at Quam Pool apparently lay in Wrockwardine Wood, and Quam Pool township made presentments at Wrockwardine manor courts between 1397 and 1457. 15 A moat in the north …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ironworks in 1754. 69 The woodland then remaining, at the Nabb and on Cockshutt Piece, was coppiced 70 but by … of them divided) were occupied by 35 cottagers, 12 of them at Pain's Lane. By the early 18th century smallholdings … 79 Sir George Saville, one of the lords of Wrockwardine manor, sold his third interest in the Wrockwardine Wood mines …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In … 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of Wrockwardine Wood appear at times to have used churches and chapels of ease nearer … By 1900 the living's value had fallen to £180; it remained at that level in 1917. By 1932 it had risen to £360. 34 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood Manor MANOR. Wrockwardine Wood originally formed part of Wrockwardine manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 65 were not mentioned thereafter. The church, valued at £10 in 1291, 66 was appropriated to Shrewsbury abbey in … The vicar's net income 1828-31 averaged £376. 82 In 1838, at commutation, the vicar owned most of the hay, clover, and … a south one. Only the south window survives open, largely reconstructed in 1854; until then a square window occupied …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… administrative status of this comparatively populous royal manor and hundred meeting place - leaving aside suggestions … the site of Pengwern 57 - was perhaps one reason why the manor had, or claimed, rights over a large part of the area's … areas of open-field land elsewhere in the township. 65 At Bratton, worth 24 s. T.R.E., 1½ hide paid geld in 1086. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… said to be held in 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, dealing mainly with agricultural regulation, survive … Wood) presented, although Bratton was a member of Eyton manor and made presentments at courts there in the 16th century and answered with Eyton …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created … Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and the manor contained 7½ berewicks, 75 which probably included … nephew Samuel Barbour, who took the name Hill. He lived at Shenstone (Staffs.) and died in 1758, when his cousin …