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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and fullers'-earth is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … substratum abounds both with coal and ironstone, and some mines are in operation. A branch of the Shrewsbury canal …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … 9 a name suggesting that the wood was cleared back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground … sharply, giving extensive views north across the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … manor, sold his third interest in the Wrockwardine Wood mines to Francis Butler in 1660. At the same time he sold his … 80 In 1673 Butler sold his third interest in the mines to Francis Charlton, who leased the adjoining …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school in his house at the Nabb. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the township were gradually separated from the other … manorial rights. Sir George Saville began the process in 1660 by conveying his mining rights five years before he … shares of Wrockwardine manor. In 1822 Berwick sold his mines in Wrockwardine Wood to Viscount Granville (cr. Earl …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey property, 65 … 1329: Cal. Pat. 1327-30, 413; V.C.H. Salop. ii. 33; Cal. Papal Reg. ii. 410. L.J.R.O., B/A/1/2, f. 217v.; /1/3, f. …
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 … 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and the manor contained 7½ berewicks, 75 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … The substratum abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss … and comprising 787 acres of a highly productive soil. Some mines are worked here, the rateable annual value of which is …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… miseratione divina Archiepiscopus Glasguensis, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis nos cum auisamento, … Dedisse, concessisse, assedasse, arendasse, locasse et in feudifirman seu emphiteosim hereditarie disposuisse; … et eorum successoribus de nobis et successoribus nostris in feudifirma et emphiteosi et hereditate imperpetuum, …