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A History of the County of Shropshire
… realized. 36 Two southern townships, Arleston and Watling Street, lay partly on the coalfield and belonged to the … the east, Lawley field, presumably on the south-east, and Mill field, probably on the north-west. 58 On the south-west … fields. 62 Walcot had two, Bucknall field on the west and Mill field on the east, 63 with other land in Wide field, 64 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… several private schools in 1850, Old Hall School, Watling Street, was founded by the Cranages before 1835 44 and in … 89 until its sale in 1966. 90 St. Patrick's R.C. School, Mill Bank, was established in 1850 in a room behind St. … seniors were seriously overcrowded in two classrooms at Mill Bank, a third room was rented at Constitution Hill. 1 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Green probably bypassed it along Back Lane (later King Street). 72 Wellington street plan c.1300 In 1086 the inhabitants of the emergent … called Watling Street, 10 lay at the junction of Mill Bank and the Watling Street. 11 A small settlement …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In the late 17th century there were three, sometimes two, street surveyors for the town. They disposed of occasional rates for street repairs and were usually senior jurors. The office had … in 1702 94 a hayward was elected. There were also two street scavengers for the town by the late 17th century and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and conveyed the whole estate to John Forester of Watling Street through the governors of Market Drayton grammar … in 1544 when a John Forester the younger, of Watling Street, was recorded. 84 The younger John was probably the … name in 1637 87 but by 1684 it had been changed to WATLING STREET 88 after the Foresters' seat. That was perhaps to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and a Methodist (formerly Wesleyan) church in New Street. Benjamin Wright is said to have been the first … Baptists opened a new chapel in Back Lane (later King Street). 99 There were 52 members in 1824 1 and the chapel is … Birmingham. 19 In 1920 20 the Baptists closed their King Street chapel and joined the Congregationalists, whose church …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a main descended from it, entered the town along Walker Street, and terminated in the Market Place 91 at a drinking … the 1890s, when it laid a main eastwards along Watling Street. 95 From c. 1905 the reservoirs were supplemented by … c. 1970. 42 The town's first sub-post office opened in Mill Bank c. 1890. 43 In 1823 William Edwards opened a gas …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1592 Francis, son of Edward Forester of Watling Street, was admitted to the English College in Rome, but only … there was a temporary chapel behind the Duke's Head in New Street, and soon afterwards it moved to a nearby shop. 79 A new church opened in 1838 on the east side of Mill Bank. In 1851 average attendance was put at 300, 80 a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were forty, concentrated in the town and on Watling Street. By 1822 numbers had fallen, 4 but after the Beer Act, … proliferated. There were thirty in 1856 (twelve in New Street) as well as thirty public houses and inns. 6 Numbers … 67 There were two early cinemas: the Picture Pavilion, Mill Bank, 68 and the Rink Picture Palace, Tan Bank, both …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the south-eastern extremity of the parish, and the Watling-street skirts the eastern boundary. The living is a … in 1614, is still occupied. In the village is a flour-mill, driven by water. The tithes have been commuted for 120. … to Stevenage, and contains several genteel residences. In Mill-lane is a fine chalybeate spring, formerly in …