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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 … and ironstone mining in the 18th and 19th centuries may have accounted for the scatters of squatters' cottages …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 … or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may have increased following disafforestation in 1301. 66 Pigs …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… against the board in 1875 and 1876, but its refusal to build near the National school was widely supported. The rector, 87 who was alleged to have acted subversively, 88 extended the National school, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated exactly as the other constituent townships, … the purchase of the house the incumbents had apparently not resided near the church: Kyle lived in Trench in 1837 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… evening service by 70; afternoon attendance was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. … Road, opened. Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was … was built on the site c. 1801 but the rent of £4 10 s. was not increased; it was paid out annually as the Tiddicross … Ore (d. 1798) left a 40 s. rent charge. The vicar was to have £1 1 s. and the parish clerk 1 s. for administering it. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey property, 65 were not mentioned thereafter. The church, valued at £10 in 1291, … existing rectory in Allscott within two years. It was to have a hall, two chambers, a kitchen, stable, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The … openfield land in the Middle Ages. 58 Areas of open field have been identified near Wrockwardine and the other villages … in the parish before the Black Death, sheep farming seems not to have been of great importance, for in 1341 there was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… EDUCATION. John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner … and they defrayed the school's expenses, amounting in 1853 to £45 including the mistress's salary of £35. 69 In 1885 an … 43-4, 409, 426-7, 443. S.R.O. 3916/1/1 p. 25, which does not indicate whether either sch. was in Wrockwardine Wood. …
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 … bailiff of Charlton, was mentioned in 1379. 36 A court may have been held at Charlton until c. 1588 when the manor was … poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the like. 38 …