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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED earliest date of use: 1733 Found described as for CART, TUMBRIL See also … with Drawers' was valued at £3 5s [Inventories (1741)]. Several more came in the range of 30s to 40s, while some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of … apparently of a figure now almost obliterated. In S. aisle several other slabs, retaining rivets and traces of rivets …
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 … of Admaston as a small, locally fashionable centre, and several large houses of the 18th and 19th century, such as …
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 … built by subscription about 80 years since, and endowed by several persons for 20 boys. An hospital dedicated to the …
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 … Glory' with 21 members, 'Marquis of Stafford' with 270. 49 Several friendly societies existed in 1904. 50 Much of 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 rights was at once disputed and similar problems arose several times over the next two centuries. 80 In 1673 Butler …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, … with the Methodists of Admaston, was the meeting place of several groups and societies with Christian links. For much …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, … villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the ploughteams probably implies … that there were distinct groups of fields for the several settlements in the Middle Ages. In the 17th century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a year were said to be held in 1292. 26 Court rolls of Wrockwardine manor, dealing mainly with agricultural … sewage works serving northern Telford opened in 1975; several smaller works, including Admaston's, were phased out …