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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society, and was consecrated on the 3rd of August, 1833; it … was once of considerable importance. It was the head of a royal manor having extensive jurisdiction, and formed part of … Conquest, when, with all its appendages, liberties, and royal customs, it was granted to the abbey of Battle, in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… small groups of houses have the style of a freehold land society estate. More cramped terraces were erected east of … drunkenness, or venereal disease. 46 In 1840 a friendly society began to meet at the White Horse inn. 47 In 1843 there was a school clothing society and a missionary society, in 1844 a general clothing …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. A Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar … In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and … hall, New Donnington. 55 The first Primitive Methodist society in the county was established at Oakengates in 1821. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and subscriptions, was established in 1832. Members of the society, numbering 57 in 1853 and 68 in 1875, paid in small …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… administrative status of this comparatively populous royal manor and hundred meeting place - leaving aside …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… girls for domestic service in the colonies. 89 The Royal National Institute for the Blind ran a Sunshine Home …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Society for Building Churches, and the Ripon Diocesan Society made liberal grants: the total expense of erection is … and there are several neat monuments. The Baptists, the Society of Friends, the Independents, and Wesleyans have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… partly made up with modern glass; one shield bears the royal arms and another shield is charged with the Stonor …