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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with … the original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … air. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. … by Prince Rupert, after the battle of Reading. Seal and Arms. The town is pleasantly situated on a fine rivulet …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of … met monthly on Saturday evenings in the Shaw Birch or the King's Arms public houses, Trench Lane. Sick benefit and death …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well … in 1397-8 and 1413-14. 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, … one (given c. 1931) formerly the property of Bishop King of Lincoln. 42 The chest may be 14th-century. 43 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Giles, stands about 1 miles N.E. of Buntingford. It is built partly of flint rubble with stone … of the Rolls, and wife of William Plumbe, half-figure, arms and inscription: in the floor, of John Gille, 1546, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … with the chapelry of Weymouth annexed, valued in the king's books at 19. 7. 1., and in the gift of the Bishop of … old; the eastern window is of stained glass, with the arms of the Craven family emblazoned on it: the edifice was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… recorded in 1086, when it lay divided between the rapes of William de Warenne and William de Braose, taking its name … be presumed originally to have been held, near the centre of its area on the ancient lane marking the boundary between … twice a year, at Cowfold, 23 and it was meeting at the Red Lion there between 1786 and 1811. 24 Its officers were the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… S.E. (b)lviii. N.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew, stands at the W. end of the village. The walls … Tudor rose in spandrels; above canopy two shields of arms and part of third in white metal, indent of fourth … end probably modern. ConditionPoor. a(6). Place Farm, or 'King John's Farmhouse' (see Plate, p. xxx.), about mile N.W. …