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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … the picturesque vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of … on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the north. In the township of Admaston is a mineral spa of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a … of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … system of regulating wages and hours by the Coalbrookdale partners led to riots at Coalpit Bank and Wrockwardine Wood. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … textile production. 72 In 1847 about half the land north of the Shropshire Canal was under arable cultivation, … mines began to supply ironstone to the Coalbrookdale partners' works at Coalbrookdale, Horsehay, and Ketley, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan … Jubilee chapel, built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … 27 is cruciform with a central tower and stair turret, and north and south chapels. 28 The lower part of the eastern 6 … early church had centrally placed, but not quite opposing, north and south doorways; the latter was the main entrance …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, and Clay field and Clayhorns farther north still. Leaton field too was then reckoned one of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the … them in 1175. Roger, one of the king's leading servants in north Wales and the marches, was sole beneficiary from 1176 … One of the main chimney stacks of Wrockwardine Hall, lying north-east of the church, bore a tablet placed there by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… It is built partly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of earlier date … in the 15th century, before the chancel was built. The North Aisle with North Chapel is built of brick, and dated 1532 by a brass …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of … early English style, and consists of a nave, chancel, and north and south aisles, with a tower and spire at the … the town; and here branches off a line to Dereham, on the north-west: the Dereham line was opened Feb. 15th, 1847. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… it lay divided between the rapes of William de Warenne and William de Braose, taking its name from the place, called … lane marking the boundary between the two rapes. 1 Three and a quarter of its 8¼ hides were part of Warenne's land, … a shape and a main axis matching those of the rape. The north-south alignment is also shown in the manorial …