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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … houses of the 18th and 19th century, such as Admaston Hall, Oaklands, and Donnerville, bear witness to that phase …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … have possessed it since the 1st of Henry III., 1216. The Hall is a magnificent structure, erected in 1696, standing on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … was open in 1917, in the building known as Trench Billiard Hall in 1937 and 1941. 57 The Regent cinema, Wrockwardine …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. … in 1892 to provide 170 sittings. 42 The church of HOLY TRINITY was built in 1833 to a design by Samuel and Thomas …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans … the chapel closed, being replaced by the Methodist church hall, New Donnington. 55 The first Primitive Methodist …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 … rectory in Allscott within two years. It was to have a hall, two chambers, a kitchen, stable, and outbuildings. 85 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, … in 1324. 12 It may have lain c. 400 metres north of the hall. 13 At Wrockwardine a windmill was noted as destroyed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … amounting in 1853 to £45 including the mistress's salary of £35. 69 In 1885 an infant department (60 places) was added … ran a Sunshine Home for retarded blind babies at Overley Hall from 1950 to 1980. 90 In 1981 Overley Hall School opened …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the … centre, and was perhaps the site of Cynddylan's hall of Pengwern, burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The manor …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. In 1676 one papist lived in the parish and in 1767 David Clifford, a farmer, was listed … also maintained connexions with St. Christopher's Hall. 57 T.S.A.S. 2nd ser. i. 83; L.J.R.O., B/A/12(i), f. 94. L.J.R.O., B/V/5, visit. return of 1772. S.R.O. 3916/1, p. 25. P.R.O., RG 31/7, Salop. no. …