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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 boundary is mostly … coal and lime to the Shawbury area; in 1898 the Lilleshall Co. used it as a coal wharf and brick yard. 46 Traffic ceased …
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 fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of Cheshire, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … in various styles, largely for workers at the Lilleshall Co.'s Priorslee blast furnaces and, from 1861, at the New …
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 … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … of the bd.'s vicechmn. from his post with the Lilleshall Co.: ibid. /19, pp. 10-12, 38-9, 70-2, 95-8, 101-2, 158-60. …
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 spite of … Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It opened in 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed …
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 … 1333 67 but the first vicar was not instituted until 1341 and the vicarage was ordained only in 1351. 68 Patronage of … 3916/1/1, no. 25. C. Hulbert, Hist. and Descr. of Co. of Salop. ii (1837), 158; J. Benson, Life of Rev. J. W. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to … Vast Burthen of the Poor's Rate, by a member of the Salop. Co. Cttee. for the employment of the poor (Holborn, 1817), 6 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of … ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Weymouth, liberty of Wyke-Regis and Elwall, Dorchester division of … by some to have signed the celebrated charter of English liberty; it is the property of G. Simon Harcourt, Esq., of …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XC Draft of Act of Parliament, granting liberty of election of magistrates (1606) XC. Draft of an Act … superscribed by King James VI., for granting free liberty to the City of Glasgow to elect its Magistrates. 7 July 1606. James, R. Oure Souerane Lord and Estaites of Parliament, presentlye conveynit, considering …