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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… them. The wind is fair, and weather moderate. We have been in a concern lest we should lose the Lord Chancellor. He got … raised, and the establishing a reputation that is shaken in money matters is yet harder; perhaps, too, it would be … Stroboly and Etna. ENGLISH SHIPS. Humber, Captain Henry Haughton. Royal Oak, Captain Richard Wyatt. Content, Captain …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to the church was to be devoted to the poor of Wombridge. In the later 18th century 16 s. was paid out each year, but … had ceased. 82 W. H. Rushton's charity, established in 1890, produced an income of £6 from stock in 1975, used to … for widows. Priorslee. Priorslee benefited in 1975 from Shifnal united charities and from two charities confined to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the bishop's ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. … was acquired by the Charltons with the impropriate tithes. In 1621 Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's … assigned its own parish from the parishes of Wombridge and Shifnal. That part of Wombridge south of Priory Farm was put …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way … probably grew up beside the road from Watling Street to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, … Oakengates, 1 a market place was formed on the south (or Shifnal) side of Watling Street near Pain's Lane. Like so …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (Ketley) and Wrockwardine and, evidently, the lord of Shifnal all had claims in 'the common wood of Wombridge'. About 1220 Thomas Tuchet, lord of Leegomery, gave the canons his rights in the wood, and boundary disputes with Shifnal manor were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in Hadley wood. The area was the centre of one of the two … Hadley (at Trench), Wellington Rural (at Ketley Bank), and Shifnal (between Woodhouse colliery and Priorslee Hall) were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of Leegomery manor. 15 A lock-up built at Snedshill in 1829 was in use in 1841. Another was built at Oakengates in 1874. 16 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 22 Samuel Campion, the minister ejected from Hodnet in 1660, held Sunday conventicles at Wombridge in 1669. 23 In 1691 the Presbyterians or Congregationalists … New Connexion Methodist chapels opened on the southern (or Shifnal parish) side of Oakengates town, and the Primitives …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the coalfield the alehouse was an integral and ever … of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in 1613, and three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four were … club shared a professional bowler and groundsman with the Shifnal club. 78 Oakengates Town Football & Sports Co. Ltd. …