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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 that Sandwell was within the …
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 … between his sisters in 1323, one knight's fee in West Bromwich being assigned to his younger sister Joan Botetourt. …
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 … the Rider family by the 16th century. Riders occur at West Bromwich in the 1380s. 4 Robert Rider held land in the Greets …
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 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. Conditions in West Bromwich in the 19th century were not so insanitary as in … 15 None the less public health was a problem by then. West Bromwich suffered during the cholera epidemic of 1832. A …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Roman Catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. A Puritan … of Staffordshire in 1604 reported 'many popish' in West Bromwich. 60 It was stated in 1607 that the wife of Sir … Roman Catholic family. 63 Simon Rider, who settled in West Bromwich in 1580, occurs as a recusant in 1593-4. 64 When in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Social life SOCIAL LIFE. A wake of unknown origin … Act could not outlaw bullbaiting 2 local agitation in West Bromwich and neighbouring towns helped to secure its … rebuilding to the designs of Edward Pincher of West Bromwich, was reopened in that year as the Theatre Royal. 13 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich The growth of the town THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN. The … of the inclosure of the Heath in 1804, the centre of West Bromwich eventually shifted south-west from Lyndon to what … on part of the Lodge estate in 1875 the new centre of West Bromwich may be considered to have received official …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… modern base. The only early memorial is a tablet to Sefton Bromwich (d. 1607). There are six bells dated 1587, 1617, …