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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Dean aud Chapter of Carlisle. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, has been rebuilt, at the expense (with the … interest of about 500, to which additions are likely to be made, and a house built for the master. Wreningham, Great … Douglas passes on the south, separating the township from Up-Holland; and the Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… INK POT and other writing materials. In some cases it may be similar to, or identical with, a WRITING BOX. The 'Writing Desks and … as was the 'finest and blackest Writing Ink, sealed up in Six-penny Bottles, with Directions.' The advertisement …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… century the North and South Chapels were probably added to the chancel and the North Vestry built. In the 15th … opening, now blocked, and with remains of a label; it may be an original clearstorey window, subsequently enlarged. The … original doorways with four-centred heads and a door made up of 16th-century panelling. The former Hall has original …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … marketplace, where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of … Here are the vestiges of a town, generally supposed to be British, and to have been destroyed during the conflicts …
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 … was developed from the 1860s, when Pain's Lane began to be known as St. George's. 18 Trench, like Pain's Lane, was … north-west of the Nabb by c. 1800. 37 There were horse-drawn railways in the township in the mid 19th century. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the … two glasshouses at closure. 14 A cone illustrated on a bill of 1840 from Biddle, Mountford, & Co. may have been a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated exactly as the other constituent townships, although special journeys had to be made to relieve the poor. The township, later parish, was … and opened in 1831, was licensed for preaching and held up to 250 adults. 24 Wrockwardine Wood church, built next to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey … products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart from … viola, bass viol, and clarinet, and there was a choir with up to 16 treble singers. 13 Gilpin employed a curate. 14 So …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams … by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The … Orleton demesne land in Cluddley and Orleton were said to be very infertile in 1324 69 and much of Charlton's land was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a … and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a year were said to be held in 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, … of crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A lock-up or crib, then apparently disused, was mentioned in 1842; …