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A Dictionary of London
… Company, by the name of "Vernon's quay." It seems to be on or near the site of Bear Quay in Horwood, now covered by the … and the advowson of the church, etc., 1294 (MSS. Balliol Coll. H. MSS. Corn. 4th Rep. 449). Wynchecombe (Abbot of), … of Wine. Four companies of them in 1301 "The Newemeyne" (New Household). The King's Society and The Society of Shipup …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with … 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … Book recorded 32 inhabitants in Wrockwardine and Bratton, 96 and 25 parishioners paid to the 1327 subsidy, but there is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … Moors. 11 In 1898 the civil parish was included in the new urban district of Oakengates. 12 Wrockwardine Wood was … 'E. Salop. Coalfield and the "Gt. Depression" 1873-96' (Keele Univ. M.A. thesis, 1978), 170. Gale and Nicholls, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may … had a lease of the Charlton mining interests, and new pits were being sunk in Wrockwardine Wood. In 1736-7 the … of Bishton's were put into the Lilleshall Co. in 1802. 96 The Lilleshall Co. worked the minerals bought in 1822 by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… initiative, 95 and its schools were usually efficient. 96 Weekly fees of 2 d. 97 were often waived, as many as 44 at … least 1914. 5 From 1961 evening classes were held at the new Trench Modern School. 6 All the 19th-century schools were … council school in Wombridge. 48 Wrockwardine Wood Junior (or Standard I) Boys' Board School, built on the National …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of the Nabb and Pain's Lane was transferred to the new consolidated chapelry later known as St. George's. 28 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… closed, being replaced by the Methodist church hall, New Donnington. 55 The first Primitive Methodist society in … schoolroom were sold in 1965, having been replaced by a new chapel on the opposite side of the road. 69 Bethesda … Wrockwardine Wood, 20; S.R.O. 1861/22. S.R.O. 1861/29, 79, 96, 107, 146. Williams, op. cit. 20. Jubilee Methodist …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… income was £2 10 s. distributed as a hundred 6 d. loaves. 96 A £3 rent charge was left by Edward Pemberton (d. 1680) …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… dairy products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart … the vicarage, Shrewsbury abbey undertook to build a new vicarage house opposite the existing rectory in Allscott … Ch. of St. Peter on Par. of Wrockwardine' (St. Katherine's Coll., Liverpool, dissertation, 1964). Thanks are due to Mrs. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … the parish was divided into substantial, discrete farms. 96 Table X Wrockwardine: Land use, livestock, and crops 1867 … Extraction continued on a small scale until c. 1960 when new plant was introduced and larger-scale quarrying began …