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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … in the king's books at 11. 8., and in the gift of the Duke of Cleveland: the impropriate tithes have been commuted … property afterwards passed to the family of the present Duke of Hamilton. The ancestors of the late John Fenton …
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
… 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 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… owned them in 1839 61 but by 1851 they were said to be the duke of Sutherland's property. 62 The dukes of Sutherland and …
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
… brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … were commuted to £208 6 s. 8 d. a year: £9 12 s. to the duke of Cleveland for part of the hay tithes of Allscott and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… forms the in-soken, and the divisions of Downham, Market-street, Silfield, Sutton, Towngreen, and Wattlefield, which … The township comprises 1600 acres, of which the Duke of Sutherland is part proprietor; and contains several …
A Dictionary of London
… Bridge. Wytecruchestrate, Wytecroychstrate See White Cross Street. Wyvelastone In the street towards the Tower over against "Wyvelastone," 56 H. …