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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… been destroyed by the Danes. The parish is bounded on the west by the Severn, and comprises by admeasurement 5000 … is still preserved in its original character, and at the west end of the nave is an ancient stone font ornamented with … a parish, in the union of Teesdale, wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to the west. The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. … accounted for the scatters of squatters' cottages south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In … in various styles, largely for workers at the Lilleshall Co.'s Priorslee blast furnaces and, from 1861, at the New …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 … took an under-lease of ironstone mines from Earl Gower & Co., who between 1781 and 1783 had obtained the lease of all … Wood ironworks, 2 built two blast furnaces on the west side of what was later known as Moss Road. In 1802 he …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the bd.'s vicechmn. from his post with the Lilleshall Co.: ibid. /19, pp. 10-12, 38-9, 70-2, 95-8, 101-2, 158-60. … Ketley Bank Girls' Council Sch. log bk. (at Queenswood Co. Primary Sch.) 27 Jan. 1911. S.R.O. 2699/58, p. 104. Ibid. … 194. Inf. from Miss E. Downing, first headmistress of the co. inf. sch. S.C.C. Mins. (Educ.) 1960-1, 163; 1962-3, 17. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It opened in 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed … Thomas Smith of Madeley. 43 Initially it consisted of a west tower, nave, and chancel, of red brick with some stone … Georgian design with roundheaded windows, it had a large west gallery and seated 610, 430 seats being free. 44 Much of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Brethren had moved from Oakengates to a Gospel Hall in West Street, which they still used in 1983. 77 Jehovah's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in differing late Norman styles, were provided in the west walls of the transepts; a straight joint in the north wall of the nave, close to the north-west pier, may echo the intention. The continuous masonry of … 3916/1/1, no. 25. C. Hulbert, Hist. and Descr. of Co. of Salop. ii (1837), 158; J. Benson, Life of Rev. J. W. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Middle Ages. In the 17th century Killstone field lay south-west of Wrockwardine, with Wrockwardine (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, and Clay field and … 89 The crop was apparently concentrated immediately north-west of Wrockwardine village. 90 In 1650 copyhold land …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Hollis. About 1801 a new workhouse had been erected 1 km. west of Wrockwardine on land belonging to the Tiddicross … Vast Burthen of the Poor's Rate, by a member of the Salop. Co. Cttee. for the employment of the poor (Holborn, 1817), 6 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to have stood in the close called the Hall yard, 98 south-west of the church. A fishpond partly survived there in 1982. … mid 18th-century work greatly enlarged the house to the west and to the south (where there was a new front of seven … in 1948 and became the official residence of G.O.C. West Midland District (Commander Western District from 1980). …