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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 477. The tithes were commuted for land in 1770. West Bromwich.See Bromwich, West. WEST BROMWICH.See Bromwich, West. Westbrook WESTBROOK, a tything, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. The … Trust Alms-houses. By deed of 1869 Ann Murdock of West Bromwich settled in trust land south of Herbert Street where … Henry Salter Trust, Baron Davenport's Trust, and the West Bromwich Charity. In 1966 the income was £581, of which £100 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Churches CHURCHES. Originally West Bromwich may have been part of Handsworth parish, but a … of his wife Christine and his son Richard, gave West Bromwich church to Worcester priory c. 1140-5, when his son …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Communications COMMUNICATIONS. Roads. West Bromwich is crossed by the ancient highway from Birmingham to … the hill was lowered and the way raised. 56 Under the West Bromwich Improvement Act of 1854 most of the turnpiked road …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In … producing linseed oil, and there was a flax-oven near West Bromwich Hall in the 1770s. 70 When Arthur Young visited the … some indication of the scale of live-stock farming in West Bromwich. At the end of the 15th century the abbey was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Education EDUCATION. There was a school in West Bromwich by 1686, apparently a private academy, 72 and by … was passed in 1871, and after some early difficulties West Bromwich established one of the best records of school …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Hindus HINDUS. Ebenezer Congregational chapel, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial … manor was apparently being questioned by the lords of West Bromwich. In 1617 and 1619 West Bromwich manor court stated that Sandwell was within the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Manors MANORS. In 1086 William fitz Ansculf, lord of Dudley, held three hides in BROMWICH; before the Conquest the land had been held by … between his sisters in 1323, one knight's fee in West Bromwich being assigned to his younger sister Joan Botetourt. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Other estates OTHER ESTATES. Charlemont Hall stood … Hallam, dean of Bristol. 85 In 1806 he granted his West Bromwich property to his son Henry, the historian, but … the Rider family by the 16th century. Riders occur at West Bromwich in the 1380s. 4 Robert Rider held land in the Greets …