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A History of the County of Rutland
… composed formed the Hundred of Hwicceslea West referred to in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll of about 1075, and the southern portion of the Wapentake of Wiceslea in the county of Northampton of the Domesday Survey of 1086. … of the County), but the earliest reference to the hundred under the name of Wrandike is in 1166. 2 In 1287 the lords of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was built in the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th … with shield-of-arms. Font: octagonal bowl with chamfered under edge, mediaeval, stem and base largely modern. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED … of various Sorts and Sizes in a pleasing variety' listed under TUNBRIDGE ware [Tradecards (1794)]. Three of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with … window, now blocked, of three cinque-foiled lights under a four-centred head; the jambs and head are moulded and …
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 … Wem. The sums allowed to the exhibitioners are, 60 to each under-graduate, and 70 to each undergraduate being a …
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 … in Gower Street to accommodate families cleared from slums under the 1930 Housing Act. 24 By 1946 the remainder of the …
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 was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was … 1847 about half the land north of the Shropshire Canal was under arable cultivation, while some pasture and meadow lay …
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 … produced an Anglican majority on the board, 92 which, under pressure from the Education Department, opened boys' …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… annually. Edward Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish … out annually as the Tiddicross charity from the poor rate. In 1830 the charity's income was raised to £8, closer to a … £4 4 s. 4 d. from stock, was paid to the girls' school. Under a scheme of 1922 the charity was widened to include …
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 … the vicarage with a £10 rent charged on the great tithes under the terms of his will dated 1658, to provide an 'able …