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A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with … was included within the designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 92 Crossing the parish from south-west to … 1960s and continued after Admaston's inclusion in Telford new town in 1968. 14 Bratton, the 'newly cultivated tun', was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Moors. 11 In 1898 the civil parish was included in the new urban district of Oakengates. 12 Wrockwardine Wood was included within the designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 13 The Middle Coal Measures, lying close to … north part of the township around the glassworks and the new church. In the later 19th century, however, much more …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had a lease of the Charlton mining interests, and new pits were being sunk in Wrockwardine Wood. In 1736-7 the … Wood Old Yard works and soon became known as the New Yard. 4 Engineering rapidly became as important to the … company began to modernize blast furnaces and construct new ones for other firms. Those, like most of the company's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and … least 1914. 5 From 1961 evening classes were held at the new Trench Modern School. 6 All the 19th-century schools were … school opened in 1943; the church school was rebuilt on a new site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a new …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1782- 1828 22 and a friend of John Fletcher, the Methodist vicar of Madeley, to introduce cottage lectures in … part of the Nabb and Pain's Lane was transferred to the new consolidated chapelry later known as St. George's. 28 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. A Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the … closed, being replaced by the Methodist church hall, New Donnington. 55 The first Primitive Methodist society in … 230. It closed in 1963 and was sold in 1965. 75 The New Connexion met at Glasshouse Row in 1845. 76 By 1923 the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the vicarage, Shrewsbury abbey undertook to build a new vicarage house opposite the existing rectory in Allscott … with a central stack. 87 That house was sold in 1806 and a new one bought opposite the church, 88 to which the house … of Fletcher of Madeley, an Arminian Evangelical and Methodist of liberal opinions. 9 His works included an …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Extraction continued on a small scale until c. 1960 when new plant was introduced and larger-scale quarrying began …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the boys' school in 1852. 68 The following year a new St. Peter's Girls' School (with 100 places in schoolroom and classroom) and a new teacher's house were built opposite the church at Miss …