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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 … are the Brockton and Burcot faults, c. 1 km. apart. Between them outcrop Uriconian Rhyolite, particularly between Overley Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… above the town, affords one of the finest prospects in England. Some paper is manufactured at Basted. The market has … and chairs are made in great numbers; the town has a trade in malt, and derives some traffic from its situation on … the second Wednesday in April, and the 28th of October; a wool-fair on the last Wednesday in June, and a statute and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … township made presentments at Wrockwardine manor courts between 1397 and 1457. 15 A moat in the north part of the … Road around Teague's Bridge Lane. By 1973 a large area between Albion Street and the Nabb had been scheduled for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … three were of 60 a., 50 a., and 30 a., the rest varying between 14 a. and 4 a. Thirty-two cottages (three of them … heralded the general recession in the Shropshire iron trade after the boom it enjoyed during the early years of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … in 1943; the church school was rebuilt on a new site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a new (Roman …
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 … designed by Joseph Farmer of Shifnal, were made. 45 Between 1876 and 1890 the chancel was enlarged and an apse …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to 134. On Census Sunday 1851 services … the Wrockwardine Wood Central Hall in Donnington Wood. 59 Between 1903 and 1905 the congregation of Wrockwardine Wood …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called … Pemberton (d. 1680) for apprenticing one child a year. Between 1804 and 1821 it paid for nine apprentices. In 1897 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… with Lord Barnard, the Martyrs' Memorial and Church of England Trust, and the bishop of Lichfield, then became a … the vicar had all offerings of wax and money; tithes of wool, lambs, flax, hemp, chickens, piglets, pigeons, geese, … 'beautified' and repaired, a new gallery being added. 12 Between 1788, or earlier, and 1823 a parish orchestra was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … land east of Allscott, north of Admaston, 61 and between Burcot, Orleton, and Cluddley. 62 In Charlton the … of common pasture on low lying moors. Clipsmoor extended between Charlton and Walcot townships. 75 There was further …