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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, … Douglas passes on the south, separating the township from Up-Holland; and the Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; 'The Spindle is kept from … was readily available in the shops, mostly in the larger towns, but not unknown in market towns. The Dictionary …
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. … is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. … original doorways with four-centred heads and a door made up of 16th-century panelling. The former Hall has original …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 ha.), including 515 a. in Wrockwardine Wood and 92 a. of detached moorland north of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … marketplace, where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … ale in Wrockwardine Wood. 42 In the mid 18th century up to seven alehouse keepers were licensed in Trench, a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … of stone, and below that large lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated … and opened in 1831, was licensed for preaching and held up to 250 adults. 24 Wrockwardine Wood church, built next to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … viola, bass viol, and clarinet, and there was a choir with up to 16 treble singers. 13 Gilpin employed a curate. 14 So …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on … contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four ploughteams in demesne were probably …