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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… game: on the west side of the mansion are the remains of a more ancient Hall. Harrock Hall, the seat of the Boulton … in it by public contribution, to the memory of Mrs. Hannah More and her four sisters, who are interred in the … on the north side of the churchyard, in 1632; and Mrs. More resided for twenty-five years in a cottage built by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1790s)], but in the other instance the advertisement was more specifically for 'Ladies curious inlaid ... Writing … Drawers' was valued at £3 5s [Inventories (1741)]. Several more came in the range of 30s to 40s, while some others were … writing become yellow and indistinct [Tomlinson (1854)]. More permanent and more expensive inks such as INDIAN INK and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… head with an internal lintel of oak. Further W. are three more windows; the first is all modern, except the splays, … In S. chapelthree similar seats, figures missing, but with more elaborately moulded top-rail, one with back missing. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thomas Benit, in 1743, gave some land at present worth more than 20 a year, for the endowment of a school. In the … is carried on to a very considerable extent, there being more than 30 paper-mills on the banks of the stream; besides six flour-mills. Lace-making affords employment to more than 1000 of the inhabitants, and chairs are made in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the new church. In the later 19th century, however, much more extensive building began to cover the centre and south … houses have the style of a freehold land society estate. More cramped terraces were erected east of the … and over the next forty years population grew, though more slowly, to a peak of 5,276 in 1911. Thereafter it fell …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… policies, to accommodate the 'bulge', and to take more children from new housing; in 1974 the modern school … inspected for government grants. 13 The rector secured 100 more infant places 14 in 1878, 15 and by 1885 the school had …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to 134. On Census …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… four and there was monthly communion. 21 The church became more active in the village and a parish magazine was started; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… fell noticeably in the 1720s, but by the 1740s they had more than recovered. Most farms had stocks of hay; in 1612 it … Wrockwardine Wood, was occupied by 31 farms of 25 a. or more; the average size was 113 a., the largest 218 a. In … 8; /3880, Salop. no. 243; /4945, no. 243. In 1801 slightly more barley was grown than wheat; about half that quantity of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… tithes and had probably done so for two centuries or more. 48 The annual value of the rectorial tithes 1487-91 was …