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A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Churches CHURCHES. Originally West Bromwich may have been part of Handsworth parish, but a … of his wife Christine and his son Richard, gave West Bromwich church to Worcester priory c. 1140-5, when his son …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Communications COMMUNICATIONS. Roads. West Bromwich is crossed by the ancient highway from Birmingham to … the hill was lowered and the way raised. 56 Under the West Bromwich Improvement Act of 1854 most of the turnpiked road …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In … producing linseed oil, and there was a flax-oven near West Bromwich Hall in the 1770s. 70 When Arthur Young visited the … transcript of undated charter of Wal. Devereux and Ric. de Marnham. See e.g. S.H.C. xv. 27; ibid. N.S. iii. 140, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Education EDUCATION. There was a school in West Bromwich by 1686, apparently a private academy, 72 and by … was passed in 1871, and after some early difficulties West Bromwich established one of the best records of school …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Hindus HINDUS. Ebenezer Congregational chapel, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial … manor was apparently being questioned by the lords of West Bromwich. In 1617 and 1619 West Bromwich manor court stated … Priory of Sandwell' (in W.S.L.), transcript of grant by Ric. de Marnham to Wm. the miller; Cat. Anct. D. vi, C 4005. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Manors MANORS. In 1086 William fitz Ansculf, lord of Dudley, held three hides in BROMWICH; before the Conquest the land had been held by … 59. See p. 50. His heir at that time was evidently his son Ric. S.H.C. i. 198. Ibid. Ibid. iii (1), 161. Between 1201 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Other estates OTHER ESTATES. Charlemont Hall stood … Hallam, dean of Bristol. 85 In 1806 he granted his West Bromwich property to his son Henry, the historian, but … 63; Willett, West Bromwich, 167; L.J.R.O., will of Ric. Turton (proved 17 July 1685). Hackwood, West Bromwich, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Parliamentary history PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. Under the Reform Act of 1832 West Bromwich became part of the new southern division of the … Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885 the borough of West Bromwich became a parliamentary borough returning one member. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Protestant Nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. … Lane, Hamstead. 96 Baptists. The Baptist cause in West Bromwich was founded in 1796 to counter the Antinomians. 97 … as the Blue Ribbon Army, held a four-week mission in West Bromwich. The mission was followed by organized temperance …