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A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western boundary of the parish and of … other possible sites and scattered finds across the parish all attest to activity in the area before Watling Street was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … is a handsome mausoleum for the Trafford family. Wroxton (All Saints) WROXTON ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Banbury, hundred of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground falls sharply, giving extensive views north … as Teague's Bridge Lane, Church Road, and Furnace Lane, all roads in the township seem to be later than the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… half of the township. Yeomen, colliers, and labourers all engaged in mixed farming, and there was also some … & Co., who between 1781 and 1783 had obtained the lease of all the township's minerals. Rathbone and Reynolds sent the … 94 Between the mid 18th century and the mid 19th virtually all the land south of the Wombridge Canal was covered by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… classes were held at the new Trench Modern School. 6 All the 19th-century schools were in use until a … boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant … 26 Wrockwardine Wood Girls' and Infant Board School, Gower Street, opened in 1879 to accommodate 99 girls and 136 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It … 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed building in Albion Street had been provided. An ambulance service was added to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. … township. 74 The Wesleyan Reformers' Ebenezer chapel, New Street, was built in 1855. It seated 230. It closed in 1963 … had moved from Oakengates to a Gospel Hall in West Street, which they still used in 1983. 77 Jehovah's Witnesses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… patron of the united benefice. 72 After 1351 the vicar had all offerings of wax and money; tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … and Charlton (which were reserved to the abbey); and all other small tithes. 73 About 1490 the vicarage was worth … geese, pigs, apples, and garden produce; the tithe corn of all 'home closes'; the tithe hay except from Allscott and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Marsh heath, and Little moor 76 and rights were claimed all over the Weald Moors. 77 From 1560 or earlier, however, … attempted to assert their rights of common over all the moors as far east as Newport, 13 km. away. Lord … Allscott had 121 cheeses in his when he died in 1744. 86 All but the most insubstantial holdings had horses and most …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 19th century some rooms were redecorated and nearly all the windows were renewed and many enlarged. The front may … brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in … gatehouse was timberframed and the upper floor jettied on all sides; a datestone of 1588 in a chimney stack may relate …