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A History of the County of Shropshire
… council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have … of Wrockwardine Wood. 17 Even in 1847, however, Pain's Lane remained a crossroads settlement and the laying out of … Albion Street was developed from the 1860s, when Pain's Lane began to be known as St. George's. 18 Trench, like …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… cent of the township was let to 16 tenants in 14 holdings; three were of 60 a., 50 a., and 30 a., the rest varying between 14 a. and 4 a. Thirty-two cottages (three of them divided) were occupied by 35 cottagers, 12 of them at Pain's Lane. By the early 18th century smallholdings probably …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood school board, formed in 1875, consisted of three nonconformists, the rector, and another Anglican; the … by sectarian strife, 85 it achieved nothing in its first three-year term beyond preparing proposals and plans, 86 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… curate for Wrockwardine Wood, in a cottage in Furnace Lane. 23 The National school, built near the glassworks and … part of the parish containing part of the Nabb and Pain's Lane was transferred to the new consolidated chapelry later …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Orderic Vitalis, was priest. Odelerius, one of the three learned clerks who accompanied Roger of Montgomery to … vicar 1906-45, 20 increased the Sunday services from three to four and there was monthly communion. 21 The church … plan with a central tower. The chancel was lit by three round-headed east windows and a north and a south one. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… between Burcot, Orleton, and Cluddley. 62 In Charlton the three main fields surrounded the hamlet and c. 1300 were … field or fields (or Town field) adjoined the village. 67 A three-course rotation was practised on the Wrockwardine … of which 92 a. of moorland lying 1 km. north-east of Long Lane were allotted to the lord of the manor. 79 Limited …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was immediately improved. In 1950 there were 115 pupils in three classes. 75 Numbers were higher in the 1970s 76 owing … girls' and infant school. 85 In the 1850s there were three boarding schools: a boys' school at Admaston (still …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Charlton was a member of the manor of Eyton on Severn. 37 Three overseers of the poor were appointed in 1669 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 8th earl of Shrewsbury, in 1618 the manor was divided into three, and so it remained until the early 19th century. One … of windows, central entrance, two chimney stacks, and three attic gables. 1 The mid 18th-century work greatly … building with a central gable on the cross wing and three chimneys. To the south lay two long barns. 10 By c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1799. 49 Meeting houses were licensed at Long Lane in 1818 50 and at Wrockwardine in 1823. 51 Wesleyans met …