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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for four miles and a half through the parish. The Wood House, a noble mansion in the Elizabethan style, situated in … 194, and the vicarial for 93. 13.; there is a parsonage-house, and a glebe of 36 acres. The church is a fine … and most picturesquely situated in the grounds of Wonastow House, a portion of which was erected in the reign of Henry …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was no minister in 1656. 55 Before 1693 a minister built a house on the waste at Oakengates and lived there, but within … 64 In 1841 St. John C. Charlton gave a site for a benefice house, and there was one in 1851. 65 In 1884, however, the … was valued at £300, in 1932 £308 net. 90 The vicarage house was built next to the church in 1856 on land given in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 59 There were two girls' private schools. One at Belle Vue House, Stafford Road, existed in 1891 and 1910. 60 By 1903 … with 243 places in three departments; there was a master's house. Infants paid 2 d. a week and older pupils 3 d., more …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Hall, north-east of the village, was the only major house in the area later defined as Oakengates U.D. It was … accommodation had virtually no chance of being allotted a house, although representatives of organizations like the … early 1950s the U.D.C. built 'Gregory' flats and the 26-house Grove estate at Snowhill; 41 they were followed in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1617-42), apparently used the priory church as a coach house, and her tenants (presumably after Francis's death) … formerly a burial place, was used by the tenant as a cart house. By then other parts of the priory, including the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wesleyan chapel at Ketley Bank, no nonconformist meeting house was ever established in his parish during his time. In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Oakengates, perhaps that which met in the Leopard public house in 1823, 63 and there were several societies at Ketley … amateur groups. 87 The town's first cinema, the Picture House, opened in 1912 above the market hall. It was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Deyncourt Farm, W. of the church: the remains of a manor house which belonged to the Deyncourt family, now … the other a staff, and apparently a shield. Inside the house the original timbers are visible. A barn at the back of the house is probably of the 16th century, and is of timber …