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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about the communiontable, and other parts of the chapel. A school, erected by subscription in 1760, was endowed by John … has a fine carved-oak ceiling, and an elegant tower. A school is endowed with the interest of 230; and a second school with the interest of about 500, to which additions are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Found described as banded with BRASS, with LOCKs, PLAIN, School, with secrets, SMALL, travelling Found made of DEAL, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the S. chapel is of two bays with moulded principal and central purlin; against the S. wall are three wooden corbels, … porch is also of c. 1400 and has moulded wall-plates and central purlin with struts and wall-posts at the N. and S. … wife, four sons, and six daughters, all kneeling at a central desk. Above middle column of N. arcade(4) to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… present worth more than 20 a year, for the endowment of a school. In the parish are some remains of a British … acres. The church is an ancient structure. A free grammar school was established at Donnington, in the parish, in 1627, … 2. The church was a beautiful cruciform structure, with a central tower surmounted by a spire, and had all the usual …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to meet at the White Horse inn. 47 In 1843 there was a school clothing society and a missionary society, in 1844 a … were increasingly available for public use out of school hours. 59 O.S. Area Bk. Wrockwardine (1882). This art. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school in his house at the Nabb. 80 In 1826 there was … were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood, in a cottage in Furnace Lane. 23 The National school, built near the glassworks and opened in 1831, was … 250 adults. 24 Wrockwardine Wood church, built next to the school, was consecrated in 1833. It was paid for by public …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and his followers to establish the Wrockwardine Wood Central Hall in Donnington Wood. 59 Between 1903 and 1905 the … 'double decker' schoolroom was added and in 1886 a Sunday school. 68 The chapel and schoolroom were sold in 1965, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… income, £4 4 s. 4 d. from stock, was paid to the girls' school. Under a scheme of 1922 the charity was widened to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which was timberframed, two-bayed and two-storeyed, with a central stack. 87 That house was sold in 1806 and a new one … of ST. PETER, so named by 1435, 27 is cruciform with a central tower and stair turret, and north and south chapels. … was rebuilt with rubble walling on a cruciform plan with a central tower. The chancel was lit by three round-headed east …