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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 … the splays of c. 1330; they have attached shafts with much-worn moulded capitals and bases; the hollow-chamfered …
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 … and the new church. In the later 19th century, however, much more extensive building began to cover the centre and …
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 … 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was probably cleared in the …
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 … p. 75 (1902), lxxix; Wellington Jnl. 16 Jan. 1875 (p. 5). Wenlock and Ludlow Express, 8 Sept. 1877 (cutting in Nat. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated … made to relieve the poor. The township, later parish, was in Wellington poor-law union 1836- 1930. 17 Wrockwardine Wood … west gallery and seated 610, 430 seats being free. 44 Much of the initial seating was in square pews, which were …
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 … both at home and elsewhere, being 'very moderate and . . . much beloved by the neighbouring clergy'. 2 After 1662 almost …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was … contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four ploughteams in demesne were probably … economic resources. Wrockwardine eventually obtained much the greatest part of the great area of woodland east of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … (d. 1681) and Jane Schofield (d. 1705) kept schools in their houses. A 'schoolhouse' at Allscott was mentioned in … (1879), 450; [J. Randall], Randall's Tourist's Guide to Wenlock ([Madeley] 1875), advt. P.O. Dir. Salop. (1870), 180, …
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 … the surviving main block and extended eastwards from it. Much early 17thcentury panelling was reset in the dining room …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wyddial 149. WYDDIAL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish … appears to be of the 15th century, but both have been much re-built and it is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The West Tower was also probably added in the 15th century, before the chancel was built. The North …