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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of … Wreckington Hall is a handsome mansion of stone. The village forms the southern extremity of the borough of … 216 inhabitants. It comprises about 1230 acres: the village is situated on the road from Pickering to …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Thomas Turner in Sussex was buying writing paper for his village shop in the 1750s and 1760s [Diaries (Turner)], while …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and … c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with some …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which Wrockwardine village lies. 93 From those high outcrops the ground falls … Roman conquest. 5 It has been suggested that Wrockwardine village was the site of Pengwern, the legendary sub-Roman … were established. In the parish, lying 1-3 km. from the village, are five places with the element tun in their names, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… an isolated township five miles distant from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land … producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding … portion is arable; the surface is boldly varied, and the village is situated on an acclivity rising from the bank of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1975. 4 A pair of almshouses was erected in Wrockwardine village in 1841 as a memorial to Edward Cludde (d. 1840) of …