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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING … probably reflected in the patent for a 'Powder for making black writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' … that the manufacture of white paper only began in this country in the 1690s [Johnson (1794)]. Thus before about 1700 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and … modern opening, and above it a stone panel with a raised black letter inscription, all weathered away except the last … bands of terra-cotta colour and white with stars, now black, possibly formerly gold, also on S. face of fourth bay …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly … but by 1367 it was back at the levels obtaining before the Black Death, a fact perhaps suggesting a population recovery. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … ground commanding a fine prospect over the surrounding country, embracing the picturesque vale of Salop, the Breddyn … and commands a fine view of the German Ocean and the country adjacent. The living is a discharged rectory, valued …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … had one of the earliest professional football clubs in the country, playing first on Wade's field (later Wade Road) and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … it amounted to some 2,000, 5,000, and 4,300 dozens of 'black' and 'bald' ironstone. In 1761 Richard Reynolds of … edn.). S. R. Broadridge, 'Jos. Banks and W. Midlands Ind.' Staffs. Industrial Arch. Jnl. ii. 6. S.P.L., MS. 4072, p. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … premises. 24 That year the C.E. school building was again black-listed, and in 1964 the new Wrockwardine Wood C.E. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were owned by the Charltons of Apley from 1673. In 1813 and 1822 respectively Lord Berwick and the earl of Shrewsbury retained the mining rights when … Wood 1882 Above. Above, Wrockwardine, Man. and Other Est.; Staffs. R.O., D. 593/B/2/5/18, deeds of 1839 (copies); S.R.O. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … of arable and livestock farming in the parish before the Black Death, sheep farming seems not to have been of great … lay at the southern extremity of the Cheshire cheese country, and cheese for market as well as domestic …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the … Barbour, who took the name Hill. He lived at Shenstone (Staffs.) and died in 1758, when his cousin Thomas Hill, of … D.N.B. D.N.B. T.S.A.S. lv. 148; cf. D.N.B. S. Shaw, Hist. Staffs. ii (1801), 37, 44-5. Halifax, the 'trimmer': D.N.B. …