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A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western boundary of the parish and of … Leaton Grange incorporates a late medieval hall with crown-post roof. Any hamlets that may have existed at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the … free. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Crown; net income, 81. Wroot (St. Pancras) WROOT ( St. … a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of …
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 … In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen in eminence; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… representation. 15 The principal products were crown glass and dark green bottles for the French wine trade. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 … incompetence. 32 In 1927 the schools were renamed Gower Street Girls' and Infants' Council Schools. 33 By then …
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 … ecclesiastical parish in 1834. The patronage was the Crown's until 1887 when it was conveyed to the bishop of …
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
… to Shrewsbury abbey until 1540 when it passed to the Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Steventon was tenant, the mill was acquired from the Crown by two London speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the Crown until 1231. In 1172 Henry II granted half the manor's … brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … the impropriate tithes after the rectory passed to the Crown in 1540, and in 1609 William Steventon bought the tithe …