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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 … a chicken farm, then a lodging house. Telford development corporation bought it in 1975 and renovated it 1978-80, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … of Henry III. The latter was granted by Elizabeth to the corporation; and the endowment, which was augmented by a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may have increased following disafforestation in 1301. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day and Sunday pupils. 82 Wrockwardine Wood school board, formed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan … Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to 134. On Census …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … 1333 67 but the first vicar was not instituted until 1341 and the vicarage was ordained only in 1351. 68 Patronage of … was united with those of Longdon upon Tern, Rodington, and Uppington; Holt, with Lord Barnard, the Martyrs' Memorial …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the … implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. … John Lee, in 1807, gave two annuities to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, in trust, to pay 26 …