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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… rathe] A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it … end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED earliest date of use: 1733 Found … Writing desks were an essential feature of the commercial office, hence entries like the 'Writing Desk' valued at 10s …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… in ordinary to OCromwell & to Charterhouse. Governor of Charterhouse) Period of medical practice 1613-1657 Place of birth England (b … Known London address near Charterhouse (?) Date 1624-57 College membership Date of BA 1610 Date of MA 1613 Medical …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late 15th or early 16th-century date, set in 14th-century splays.and … and of second woman similar to the first; four shields of arms of Heveningham and of her three husbands, impaling …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … It is entitled to two exhibitions to Christ-Church College, Oxford, founded by Mr. Careswell, who instituted …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of … and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … on Saturday evenings in the Shaw Birch or the King's Arms public houses, Trench Lane. Sick benefit and death …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may … lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist … and even in 1956 only two of its eight teachers were college-trained and certificated. 21 In the 1950s the school … 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
… associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans … apparently average numbers. The chapel had 500 seats, 300 of them free. 57 In 1864 it was rebuilt in diapered red and … Education Act. Reprimanded by the circuit, Stones resigned office and later defied the circuit by accepting the …
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 with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a … Shropshire antiquary, was manorial steward 1817-39. 32 The office of crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the … 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 …