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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … in 1086. It was a five-hide unit and a hundred meeting place. 7 Place-name evidence, reinforcing that of Domesday, … B.L. Maps, O.S.D. 208. 13 th Rep. R. Com. Holyhead Rd. H.C. 437, p. 8 (1836), xxxvi; SA 15334; above, plate 7. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and in the gift of the Crown; net income, 260. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Two schools are supported by … comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … erected in 1696, standing on elevated ground in a fine park, and surrounded by an estate of 2319 acres. Wroughton …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th century … 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen in eminence; there were then 33 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… council school in Wombridge. 48 Wrockwardine Wood Junior (or Standard I) Boys' Board School, built on the National …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… dairy products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart … tithes were basically those of 1612, but owners of 5 or 6 calves paid 2 s. every two years, and owners of 10 paid … 25 and with the Methodists of Admaston, was the meeting place of several groups and societies with Christian links. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … comparatively populous royal manor and hundred meeting place - leaving aside suggestions that it was the site of … have stimulated open-field inclosure, most of which took place in the 17th century. Nevertheless remnants of open …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Education EDUCATION. John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court … meetings became increasingly irregular, apparently taking place as business demanded. The last court transactions dealt … crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A lock-up or crib, then apparently disused, was mentioned in 1842; 34 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… earl of Shrewsbury's widow Jane. After her death in 1625 or 1626 it descended with the earldom (dukedom 1694-1718) … Western District from 1980). 4 From the later 12th century or earlier the Burnells of Acton Burnell held land in … barns to the south. 11 Probably c. 1807 that house, or a successor, was replaced by one in brick on the site of …