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A Dictionary of London
… p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, … of the church, etc., 1294 (MSS. Balliol Coll. H. MSS. Corn. 4th Rep. 449). Wynchecombe (Abbot of), Hostel See …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the …
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 … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … Dir. Salop. (1909), 200; Meth. Church Bldgs.: Statistical Returns (1940), 268; SA 14435. James, ' Here be Dragons', 17; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was distributed annually. Edward Pemberton … improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the site c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … flax, geese, pigs, apples, and garden produce; the tithe corn of all 'home closes'; the tithe hay except from Allscott …
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, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … wheat 66 43 46 32 barley 31 41 28 64 oats 3 16 26 3 mixed corn & rye 0 0 0 1 Percentage of agricultural land growing …