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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. of Harwich. Ecclesiastical …
A History of the County of Rutland
… composed formed the Hundred of Hwicceslea West referred to in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll of about 1075, and the … claimed the hundred as an escheat, and in 1294 Warwick brought an action for its recovery. 7 The case seems to have been left …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division … has been erected, which is driven by steam. Statute-fairs for hiring servants, established in 1832, are held in April …
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. … S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … of the chancel has a boarded ceiling, all modern except for eighteen bosses of the 15th century, carved with foliated …
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 … Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 … and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. South of Bratton is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … Wood blast furnaces. In 1805 'black rock stone' was brought from Lord Craven's land in Little Dawley. By 1833 two … two glasshouses at closure. 14 A cone illustrated on a bill of 1840 from Biddle, Mountford, & Co. may have been a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist … a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day and Sunday pupils. 82 Wrockwardine Wood school board, …
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 the church itself as a … the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 In 1889 Powis …
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 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams …