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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… At the inclosure, 20 acres of land were allotted to the poor; who have also a house and 6 acres, bequeathed by Mrs. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gardens, amounting to 5. 10., are distributed among the poor. Wrotham (St. George) WROTHAM ( St. George), a parish, … amounting to a considerable sum annually. The poor-law union comprises 33 parishes or places, containing a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… township had 1,938 inhabitants; 703 of them were receiving poor relief. 29 By 1841 population had fallen to 1,698, but … depression, 36 per cent of the inhabitants received poor relief, 33 and in 1931 the old-fashioned New Yard works …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Wrockwardine Wood was entitled to a share in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… although special journeys had to be made to relieve the poor. The township, later parish, was in Wellington poor-law union 1836- 1930. 17 Wrockwardine Wood C.P. was formed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1870 a brick mission in Lincoln Road opened, reputedly for poor people reluctant to attend the main Primitive chapel at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 … was paid out annually as the Tiddicross charity from the poor rate. In 1830 the charity's income was raised to £8, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… sums were paid out of the sacrament money to the parish poor from the mid 18th century or earlier: £1 18 s. 6 d. in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1324 69 and much of Charlton's land was considered of poor quality in 1354. 70 So many tenants died in 1349 that … Walter Leveson's tenants. Only a small amount of reputedly poor, marshy soil was left uninclosed. The Levesons and their …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… two well conducted schools for c. 63 cottagers' children, poor pupils' fees being paid by richer neighbours. 62 The … whether either sch. was in Wrockwardine Wood. Digest Educ. Poor, H.C. 224, p. 764 (1819), ix (2). Marshall, St. Peter's …