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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… air. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … and in the gift of the Crown; net income, 260. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Two schools are supported by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen in eminence; there were then 33 … met monthly on Saturday evenings in the Shaw Birch or the King's Arms public houses, Trench Lane. Sick benefit and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 … in 1397-8 and 1413-14. 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's house; his salary was £27 2 s. 10 d. The first master served at least 26 years. 12 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … 25 and with the Methodists of Admaston, was the meeting place of several groups and societies with Christian links. … one (given c. 1931) formerly the property of Bishop King of Lincoln. 42 The chest may be 14th-century. 43 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one … comparatively populous royal manor and hundred meeting place - leaving aside suggestions that it was the site of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… school in 1852. 68 The following year a new St. Peter's Girls' School (with 100 places in schoolroom and classroom) and a new teacher's house were built opposite the church at Miss Cludde's expense. She, from 1854 as Mrs. R. C. Herbert (d. 1906), …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… meetings became increasingly irregular, apparently taking place as business demanded. The last court transactions dealt … of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of …
Survey of London
… by Lady Gilbert Kennedy, the last tenant of St. Margaret's Lodge, which stood at the south end of the Square. The … from houses that have been re-built. In the Council's ms. collection are: 1Photograph of the gate. Another …