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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… immediately opposite Bewdley, and connected with that town by a noble bridge of three arches over the river. The … WRINGTON ( All Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Axbridge, hundred of Brent with … those of Yorkshire, who use it in dressing the cloth. The town consists chiefly of two streets, intersecting obliquely, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… shop in the 1750s and 1760s [Diaries (Turner)], while town stockists held substantial quantities, such as the '9 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with here, … was included within the designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 92 Crossing the parish from south-west to … and continued after Admaston's inclusion in Telford new town in 1968. 14 Bratton, the 'newly cultivated tun', was a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WROTHAM ( St. George), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Malling, hundred of Wrotham, lathe of … This place, which is of remote antiquity, was probably a town of the Britons, various discoveries having been made of … now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. The town is situated near the foot of the chalk hills, on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, … was included within the designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 13 The Middle Coal Measures, lying close to the … and closed c. 1958. 58 With the designation of Telford new town in 1968 and the subsequent housing developments within …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lay south-west of Wrockwardine, with Wrockwardine (or Town) field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, … there owned nothing. 66 Bratton field or fields (or Town field) adjoined the village. 67 A three-course rotation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the out-soken; and containing 5179 inhabitants. This town derives its name from the Saxon Win Munde Ham, … an oak of which part yet remains in the vicinity of the town; and after their defeat by the Earl of Warwick, the … the lofty steeple of the church of Wymondham, of which town they were both natives. In the reign of Mary, Richard …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Glasgow at the beginning being ane very meane and simple town, without ather trafficke or nowmer of inhabitantis, in …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… charter no.XCII XCIII. Act of Parliament in favour of the Town of Glasgow, ratifying the immediately preceding Charter, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Charter by Robert of Mithyngby conveying his land in the town of Glasgow after being duly offered to his relations in … archdeacon of Glasgow, all my land which I had in the town of Glasgow, without any reservation, with all its …