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A Dictionary of London
… Wrestlers (The) - Wynwharf Wrestlers (The) "Mesuagio brasineo" called … (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Stow's time there was a house called the "Wrestlers" against the wall of the City (S. … Place. Wright's Buildings North out of Chick Lane to Duke's Court on the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. … century the North and South Chapels were probably added to the chancel and the North Vestry built. In the 15th … Farm, 1,500 yards S.W. of the church. b(8). Moor Hall, house and moat, 1 m. W. of the church. The House is of two …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The … entrance and clock tower; the facilities included a bath house. The spa's profitability declined from the 1860s and it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … ancient stained glass. The pleasure-grounds adjoining the house are laid out with great taste. The living is a vicarage …
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 … the same time the company bought the Bird in Hand public house at the Nabb 'to safeguard the workers' beer'. 52 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 … a further 330 a. under grass. 74 After the First World War house building south of Trench Road further reduced those …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school in his house at the Nabb. 80 In 1826 there was Anglican concern because in … against the board in 1875 and 1876, but its refusal to build near the National school was widely supported. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated exactly as the other constituent … Yate acquired a third interest in the glassworks manager's house, the rest being bought in 1843 after the works had …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in … evening service by 70; afternoon attendance was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. … in 1954. 73 Primitive Methodists also met in 1861 at a house in Bunter's Row, south of the Shrewsbury Canal on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was … Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the …