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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 … within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may have increased … mining. 82 Underground mining probably began about then. Lord Gower's agent William Cartwright had apparently worked …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood originally formed part of Wrockwardine manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the township were … rights. Sir George Saville began the process in 1660 by conveying his mining rights five years before he sold his …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 … 1708 the living was worth £49 and in 1799 £120 a year. 80 By 1792 tithes were paid in cash, although Wrockwardine moor, … the west end. 32 David Parkes, the antiquary and artist, visited the church in 1812 and noted that the chancel had …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on … The four ploughteams in demesne were probably worked by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 … over all the moors as far east as Newport, 13 km. away. Lord Shrewsbury's sale of his rights in the Weald Moors in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's … in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and the manor contained … parcel 753, map of J. Pemberton's est. 1742. Two rainwater heads on the N. front are dated 1744 and have the Pemberton …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. In 1676 one papist lived in the parish and in 1767 David Clifford, a farmer, was listed … after 1945. 54 In 1873 a building in Admaston was used by Wesleyan Methodists. It was apparently replaced by a 150-seat chapel built in 1874; by 1940 it had a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of earlier date than the Chancel, which … Aisle with North Chapel is built of brick, and dated 1532 by a brass commemorating the builder; it is therefore a very … are two windows of three lights, with moulded brick jambs, heads and labels. There is no structural division between the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … under the name of Wucha, and at an early period was held by a family called De Wyke. It is detached from the rest of … Esq., to whom the lands belong, and of whom the latter is lord of the manor. The village consists of scattered …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wymersley hundred THE HUNDRED OF WYMERSLEY containing the parishes of … in 1086 to the Countess Judith and was certainly held by her representatives, the family of Hastings and their … the Earls of Pomfret, 9 whose present representative is Lord Hesketh; but Sir William Compton died seised of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… separately recorded in 1086, when it lay divided between the rapes of William de Warenne and William de Braose, taking … Cowfold and Shermanbury parishes. 9 The return of Kingston by Sea as part of the half-hundred in 1428 10 seems to have … The alderman was recorded in 1598 and owed to the lord in 1651 a small fine, which was not recorded after the …