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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … of muriate of lime, and is also slightly impregnated with iron; the lower spring contains no iron, but a greater … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The …
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 … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … began to cover the centre and south part of the township with new streets and works. Much of the north remained …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ECONOMIC 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 was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked …
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 … to the Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, … About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates 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 … Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the Crown until 1231. In 1172 Henry II granted half the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… afternoon. 56 The Methodists also maintained connexions with St. Christopher's Hall. 57 T.S.A.S. 2nd ser. i. 83; L.J.R.O., B/A/12(i), f. … Accom. Provided in Wesleyan Meth. Chapels, 1901 (Wesleyan Conference Office, 1902), 49; Meth. Church Bldgs.: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and became a parish, conformably with the provisions of that act, on the consecration of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Wyrardisbury 102. WYRARDISBURY. (O.S. 6 in. (a)lvi. S.E. (b)lviii. N.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew, stands at the W. end of the village. The walls have been re-faced externally with modern ragstone; the old dressings are of clunch, much …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Wyton 100. WYTON (D.d.). (O.S. 6 in. XVIII S.E.) Wyton is a parish and village on the left bank of the Ouse, 2 m. E. of Huntingdon. The church … are of Barnack stone and clunch. The roofs are covered with tiles and lead. There are no surviving details of the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of trade in Argyll and Lennox (1242-3) X. Charter by King Alexander II. granting to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors that the bishops … could do, before we caused any burgh to be founded at Dumbarton. We have also granted, and by this our charter …