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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from … It stands elevated about 300 feet above the level of the sea; the soil is generally of a clayey nature, the scenery …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 miles … in June, and a statute and pleasure fair on the Monday next before Michaelmas-day. Wycombe, though governed by a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to the west. The township, the … cent over the decade. By 1871 it was 3,794, and over the next forty years population grew, though more slowly, to a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in … were smooth ironstone balls about the size of potatoes, next a regular stratum of stone, and below that large lumps … disputed and similar problems arose several times over the next two centuries. 80 In 1673 Butler sold his third interest …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation … held up to 250 adults. 24 Wrockwardine Wood church, built next to the school, was consecrated in 1833. It was paid for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in … centre and the first circuit chapel was built at the Moss next to the inclined plane. It replaced Oakengates in 1828 as … members and a congregation of 550. A schoolroom was built next to the chapel in 1879. 58 In 1904 the congregation split …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. … new one bought opposite the church, 88 to which the house next door was added by the patron in 1832. 89 A new vicarage …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a year were … 1456-7, and there are many later records. 27 In 1413-14 the townships of Wrockwardine, Admaston, Allscott, Bratton, … were set to work on the parish roads. 46 Over the next five years expenditure fell rapidly to £1,052 in 1822-3. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… separately recorded in 1086, when it lay divided between the rapes of William de Warenne and William de Braose, taking its name from the place, called Wineham in 1984, at which its meetings may … and Shermanbury parishes. 9 The return of Kingston by Sea as part of the half-hundred in 1428 10 seems to have been …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… all rights and privileges, previously granted to the Burgh and City of Glasgow, and erecting the same into a … in possession, and are in use and possession, by land, sea, and water. Moreover, we have made, erected, and … will cause this present infeftment to be ratified in our next parliament of Scotland, with all solemnities needful. In …