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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … of muriate of lime, and is also slightly impregnated with iron; the lower spring contains no iron, but a greater … proportion of muriate of soda, and is strongly impregnated with hepatic air. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… sandstone from the Hadley and Coalport formations occur. Some sand and gravel lies along Trench Road. 14 There was … began to cover the centre and south part of the township with new streets and works. Much of the north remained … the remainder of the Woodhouse Crescent estate was built, with the neighbouring Gibbons Road estate being added in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded … wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of … labourers all engaged in mixed farming, and there was also some small-scale textile production. 72 In 1847 about half …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day and Sunday pupils. 82 … School, built on the edge of the churchyard, 10 opened with 109 places 11 in 1831: 92 pupils (including infants) … 2699/59, p. 151. S.R.O. 1240/10, p. 386;/12, pp. 412, 425. Some going to St. Geo.'s C.E. Sch., some to Wrockwardine Wood …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had a curate. 38 In 1843 there were two Sunday services, with others at Christmas and on Good Friday, communion being … consisted of a west tower, nave, and chancel, of red brick with some stone dressing. Of plain Georgian design with …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to the Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, … E. Holt, owned it until 1981 71 when the living was united with those of Longdon upon Tern, Rodington, and Uppington; … to the vicar, whereas for other produce a tenth was usual. Some of the hay tithe was compounded for a modus. 79 About …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent … century Killstone field lay south-west of Wrockwardine, with Wrockwardine (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) … 1341 there was alleged to be little pasture for sheep. 72 Some specialization may gradually have developed in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 … 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, dealing mainly with agricultural regulation, survive for 1397-8, 1411-14, … and Colliers, pp. 62-3. S.R.O. 4472/P/1/5, 1 Apr. 1817. Some Facts, shewing the Vast Burthen of the Poor's Rate, by a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the Crown until 1231. In 1172 Henry II granted half the … from 1176 to 1186 when his son Meredith was joined with him. Father and son were dead by Michaelmas 1187, but … slender twisted balusters. In the earlier 19th century some rooms were redecorated and nearly all the windows were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… N.E. of Buntingford. It is built partly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is … much re-built and it is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The West Tower was also probably added in the … and of similar, but plainer workmanship: in the nave, some reeded panels incorporated in modern seats. …