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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wrockwardine - Wyham Wrockwardine (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union … are some remains of a British encampment called Barbary Castle. Wroxeter (St. Andrew) WROXETER ( St. Andrew), a … remains of a strong double intrenchmeut called Desborough Castle, which was probably thrown up by that people to check …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… from the 1860s, when Pain's Lane began to be known as St. George's. 18 Trench, like Pain's Lane, was only partly in … the inhabitants received poor relief, 33 and in 1931 the old-fashioned New Yard works closed with the loss of 1,000 … Nabb. 40 In 1851 the Lilleshall Co. began to replace the old railways with a private standard-gauge network, which …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… profits than coal for landlord and tenant alike. In 1758-9 St. John Charlton received £232 as his share of the … down in 1826, about the time that the Donnington Wood Old Lodge furnaces were blown in. 3 In 1861 the Lilleshall … an engineering works that replaced the Donnington Wood Old Yard works and soon became known as the New Yard. 4 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… building condemned, closed in 1961; pupils transferred to St. George's C.E. junior and infant schools. 40 Wrockwardine … school had a unit for educationally subnormal pupils. 68 St. Luke's R.C. (Aided) Primary School, Church Road, Trench, … 14 May 1880; /21, 13 May 1890. Ibid. /21, 11 Aug. 1891. St. Geo.'s Boys' Nat. Sch. log bk. (at the sch.) 17 Sept. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to the new consolidated chapelry later known as St. George's. 28 The incumbent of Wrockwardine Wood enjoyed a … M. James, 'Here be Dragons': Brief Glimpse into Hist. of St. Geo.'s, Telford [1982], 19-20 (copy in S.P.L.). Williams, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society … of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it was £35 a year, from the four cottages 93 to which the old workhouse had been converted. 94 By her will of 1675 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… church and probably lived in Shrewsbury where he served St. Peter's chapel. He was presumably given Wrockwardine in … 1548 the service of Our Lady was suppressed. The 70-year-old stipendiary Thomas Fryer 94 had been receiving an annuity … B/V/6, Wrockwardine, 1701; SA 15504; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 25, lease, 20 Oct. 1597, for descr. of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (copies in S.P.L.). Eyton, ix. 32, 36; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 32 and passim; ridge and furrow …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was supported by Anna Maria Cludde. 67 It was held in an old cottage until temporarily accommodated in the boys' school in 1852. 68 The following year a new St. Peter's Girls' School (with 100 places in schoolroom and … Educ. Poor, H.C. 224, p. 764 (1819), ix (2). Marshall, St. Peter's Ch., intro. by the Revd. A. A. Turreff (1937). …