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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … supposed to have been a bridge. The Roman Watling-street passed through the centre of the station, and crossed … flows into the Thames below Marlow. It has one principal street, on the road from London to Oxford, from which some …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground falls sharply, giving extensive views north … 309 to 476, and that of ironworkers and engineers from 84 to 486. The number of pit bank girls rose too, from 63 to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… on two pack horses and part from working a smallholding. 84 In 1715, however, large stocks of coal lay unsold at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… became chairman. 83 At first a most disorderly board 84 torn by sectarian strife, 85 it achieved nothing in its … boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant … 26 Wrockwardine Wood Girls' and Infant Board School, Gower Street, opened in 1879 to accommodate 99 girls and 136 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It … 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed building in Albion Street had been provided. An ambulance service was added to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. … township. 74 The Wesleyan Reformers' Ebenezer chapel, New Street, was built in 1855. It seated 230. It closed in 1963 … had moved from Oakengates to a Gospel Hall in West Street, which they still used in 1983. 77 Jehovah's Witnesses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… years. In 1917 the living was worth £300, in 1932 £346. 84 In 1351, when the bishop ordained the vicarage, Shrewsbury …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and some peas and vetches. Clover was mentioned in 1729. 84 Cattle were kept primarily for milk; as in other parishes …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 83 A twice weekly night school in 1877 had ten pupils. 84 The school closed in 1940, seniors transferring to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… until 1269, 83 had enfeoffed his son Hamon in the manor. 84 Hamon granted it to his younger brother Robert before they … brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … 31-4. H. le Strange, Le Strange Records (1916), 67, 70, 84-5. Ibid. 77-8. Ibid. 79-81, 99, 353. D.N.B. Le Strange, Le …