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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with … Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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 (W. by N.) …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and … of the Nabb by c. 1800. 37 There were horse-drawn railways in the township in the mid 19th century. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had … The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was probably cleared in the century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … were likewise munificent contributors; and the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Society for Building …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 … (17881818). Polled at St Mary's, Norwich, 17961806: of Ipswich in 1799, South Walsham in 1812, and St Stephen's, … Cordwainer Ward, and was elected in 1768 one of the Commissioners of Sewers, Lamps and Pavements. He is listed in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … by the Birmingham and London and the Birmingham and Derby railways, and near the centre by the Birmingham and Warwick … to the port, and applied, under the direction of twelve commissioners, to keeping the jetties and piers in repair, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a parish on the N. border of the county immediately S.W. of Penrith. Yanwath Hall, Eamont Bridge, Mansion House and the remarkable earthworks of King Arthur's Round Table, Mayburgh and Castlesteads are …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the north (20 a.) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family … allowed to fall into disrepair because the original terms of the endowment had not been complied with. Despite local protests the Charity Commissioners ruled that the chapel's repair should be the …