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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, on whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible and … the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … and an elegant tower. A school is endowed with the interest of 230; and a second school with the interest of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… probably 'chantry chapels,' N. and S. of the nave are of interest; among the fittings the monument by Nicholas Stone … wall is an arcade of two bays, generally similar to that on the N.; further E. is a 15th-century window, now blocked, … a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late 15th or early 16th-century date, set in 14th-century splays.and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … and the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river … comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. …
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 bounded by Watling Street. The northern … council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have risen …
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 … in 1754. 69 The woodland then remaining, at the Nabb and on Cockshutt Piece, was coppiced 70 but by 1847 virtually no … one of the lords of Wrockwardine manor, sold his third interest in the Wrockwardine Wood mines to Francis Butler in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… district, becoming a ward of Oakengates urban district on its creation in 1898. 18 Wrockwardine Wood C.P. was … the great tithes that belonged to Mrs. Cludde of Orleton, on behalf of the incumbent. 31 By 1871 the living was worth … had risen to £360. 34 In 1835 G. L. Yate acquired a third interest in the glassworks manager's house, the rest being …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… his mining rights five years before he sold his third interest in the rest of the manor. Most of the rights …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the site c. 1801 but the rent of £4 10 s. was not … each year. 98 Joshua Gilpin, vicar (d. 1828), left the interest on £50 to be divided equally between eight of the …
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 … him £20 a year for life, which was afterwards settled on the vicarage. 77 Steventon further endowed the vicarage … 1796-1822; 6 he was presented through the personal interest of the Quaker Richard Reynolds. 7 For the sake of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… granted it to his younger brother Robert before they left on Crusade in 1271. Early in 1273, when Hamon's death … Stafford-Howard, created earl of Stafford 1688, sold his interest in Wrockwardine to Richard Hill of Hawkstone, the … earl of Shrewsbury's widow Jane. After her death in 1625 or 1626 it descended with the earldom (dukedom 1694-1718) …