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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, … young people from the village. 50 Since the Second World War parish life and activities, particularly drama, have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … 74 Part of the mill was used to grind swords in the Civil War. 75 By 1674 it was making some sort of rough paper, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained … the other villages around Oxford, suffered in the Civil War. Royalist troops, including the artillery, were billeted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between … 1645, when the house was severely damaged in the Civil War. 39 Thereafter the site was used as a quarry for building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … in 1813; and concerts are held occasionally. During the war, barracks were erected on the high ground about half a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … of the most modern casting foundries in Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory … of 1939 to build 74 council houses was interrupted by the war with only 16 completed, and in 1943 over 200 new houses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of … 1879 and 1885, remained in existence until the First World War. 17 As in all the coalfield parishes the number of poor …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was … Hadley & Trench Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the Hadley, Trench, and … engine was then at Wellington. 45 After the Second World War the county council provided a retained fire station at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in Oakengates. 52 In the earlier 19th century the number of public houses grew as the town expanded, and in 1846 the … remaining roughly constant until after the First World War when the beer sellers began to be closed. There were …