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A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The … Leaton Grange incorporates a late medieval hall with crown-post roof. Any hamlets that may have existed at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … north remained undeveloped until the 20th century when new estates were built there by the Oakengates urban district …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be … representation. 15 The principal products were crown glass and dark green bottles for the French wine trade. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated exactly as the other constituent … ecclesiastical parish in 1834. The patronage was the Crown's until 1887 when it was conveyed to the bishop of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was … and Mr. Stainer, who had charges of 10 s. a year on their estates. Cludde's 10 s. provided two bushels of flour …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 … of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey … to Shrewsbury abbey until 1540 when it passed to the Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on … by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The … John Steventon was tenant, the mill was acquired from the Crown by two London speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern … burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The manor was presumably forfeited after the rebellion of Earl Roger's son Robert of … In 1172 Henry II granted half the manor's annual value to the brothers Roger and Jonas of Powys, the full value, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, … The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Crown and the Bishop of Ripon, alternately; net income, 150. …