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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … for Wesleyans. Thomas Benit, in 1743, gave some land at present worth more than 20 a year, for the endowment of a … in the king's books at 11. 8., and in the gift of the Duke of Cleveland: the impropriate tithes have been commuted …
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 township, the area here treated, contained …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood Manor MANOR. Wrockwardine Wood originally formed part of Wrockwardine manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral … manor. In 1822 Berwick sold his mines in Wrockwardine Wood to Viscount Granville (cr. Earl Granville 1833); he evidently … owned them in 1839 61 but by 1851 they were said to be the duke of Sutherland's property. 62 The dukes of Sutherland and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey … The church, valued at £10 in 1291, 66 was appropriated to Shrewsbury abbey in 1333 67 but the first vicar was not …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC 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 year were said to be held in 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, …
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 … In 1172 Henry II granted half the manor's annual value to the brothers Roger and Jonas of Powys, the full value, … were commuted to £208 6 s. 8 d. a year: £9 12 s. to the duke of Cleveland for part of the hay tithes of Allscott and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, … The township comprises 1600 acres, of which the Duke of Sutherland is part proprietor; and contains several …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wymersley hundred THE HUNDRED OF WYMERSLEY containing the parishes of Blisworth; … of Colyngtreston within the hundred of Wymersley' was said to have been formerly leased at 40 s., which sum had been … they descended to his heirs, the Earls of Pomfret, 9 whose present representative is Lord Hesketh; but Sir William …
A History of the County of Sussex
… recorded in 1086, when it lay divided between the rapes of William de Warenne and William de Braose, taking its name … in 1984, at which its meetings may be presumed originally to have been held, near the centre of its area on the ancient … later formed part of Shermanbury parish, 3 Ovelei is to be identified with Woolfly in Henfield, and Morley was …