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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The … old turnpike-road from Newcastle to Durham. Wreckington Hall is a handsome mansion of stone. The village forms the … 718; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The great tithes have been commuted for …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Two elaborate examples were illustrated in Ince and Mayhew's catalogue of 1762 [Ince and Mayhew (1762, facs. 1960)]. … taxed, and the sizes of writing paper were set out in new schedules [Acts (1784)]. The following sizes and types …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court … of Wine. Four companies of them in 1301 "The Newemeyne" (New Household). The King's Society and The Society of Shipup …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) … parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with … original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … houses of the 18th and 19th century, such as Admaston Hall, Oaklands, and Donnerville, bear witness to that phase …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … have possessed it since the 1st of Henry III., 1216. The Hall is a magnificent structure, erected in 1696, standing on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Moors. 11 In 1898 the civil parish was included in the new urban district of Oakengates. 12 Wrockwardine Wood was … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … levelled and grassed. 56 The Trench and District Electric Theatre was open in 1917, in the building known as Trench …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … had a lease of the Charlton mining interests, and new pits were being sunk in Wrockwardine Wood. In 1736-7 the … Wood Old Yard works and soon became known as the New Yard. 4 Engineering rapidly became as important to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… least 1914. 5 From 1961 evening classes were held at the new Trench Modern School. 6 All the 19th-century schools were … school opened in 1943; the church school was rebuilt on a new site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a new … That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities in 1917. 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of … ecclesiastical parish in 1834. The patronage was the Crown's until 1887 when it was conveyed to the bishop of Lichfield, … part of the Nabb and Pain's Lane was transferred to the new consolidated chapelry later known as St. George's. 28 The …