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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … 1833; it is a neat structure in the Grecian style, with a tower, and contains 610 sittings, of which 436 are free. The … mayor is returning officer. The powers of the county debt-court of Wycombe, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to the west. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. … a surpliced choir. 40 A bell of 1891 was hung in the tower. 41 In 1884 the Nabb mission was built on land given by … Smith of Madeley. 43 Initially it consisted of a west tower, nave, and chancel, of red brick with some stone …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … PETER, so named by 1435, 27 is cruciform with a central tower and stair turret, and north and south chapels. 28 The … with rubble walling on a cruciform plan with a central tower. The chancel was lit by three round-headed east windows …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, … villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the ploughteams probably implies … identified near Wrockwardine and the other villages and hamlets, a distribution clearly indicating that there were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 …
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 king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of … it fell into disuse. 41 Part of an apparently round corner tower and a length of curtain wall remained standing c. 1820. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Giles, stands about 1 miles N.E. of Buntingford. It is … is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The West Tower was also probably added in the 15th century, before the … but there is no indication of this inside. The West Tower (10 ft. by 9 ft.) is of three stages with an embattled …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … of a nave, chancel, and north and south aisles, with a tower and spire at the south-west corner. It was built … pillars at the angles. The powers of the county debt-court of Wymondham, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wymersley hundred THE HUNDRED OF WYMERSLEY containing the parishes of Blisworth; Brafield-On-The-Green; Castle Ashby; Cogenhoe; … of the hundred were compelled to attend the three-weekly court of Wymersley; the jurors alleged that this practice …