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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wrockwardine - Wyham Wrockwardine (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … was deposited, in 1775, an urn inclosing the heart of Paul Whitehead, the poet, which he had bequeathed to Lord le …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … from the 1860s, when Pain's Lane began to be known as St. George's. 18 Trench, like Pain's Lane, was only partly in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … profits than coal for landlord and tenant alike. In 1758-9 St. John Charlton received £232 as his share of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, … That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's … building condemned, closed in 1961; pupils transferred to St. George's C.E. junior and infant schools. 40 Wrockwardine …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated … provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities in 1917. 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of … to the new consolidated chapelry later known as St. George's. 28 The incumbent of Wrockwardine Wood enjoyed a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and … was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … church and probably lived in Shrewsbury where he served St. Peter's chapel. He was presumably given Wrockwardine in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was … contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four ploughteams in demesne were probably … or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … in the boys' school in 1852. 68 The following year a new St. Peter's Girls' School (with 100 places in schoolroom and classroom) …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … manor. 36 Before 1260 a virgate in Charlton was held of St. Mary's and St. Julian's, Shrewsbury, by William of …