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A History of the County of Sussex
… available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at … later Chatsworth, Hotel was opened in 1807, 18 with an assembly room which became the social centre of the … orchestra. Another musical promoter of the time was J. W. Mansfield, who ran chamber concerts from c. 1906 in the St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. … Richard Hull, Esq., in 1766 erected a tower, commanding an extreme view of the Wolds of Surrey and Sussex, with the … is fortified with triple trenches and ramparts, inclosing twelve acres, and having several entrances. Wotton-Under-Edge …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division … with stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, on whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible … to a greater depth, and is wrought as a separate work. An extensive flour-mill has been erected, which is driven by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … In the E. wall is a modern window. In the N. wall is an arcade of two bays, probably originally of the 14th … lost; figures of woman in pedimental head-dress, of two men in armour, one with part of a sword missing, and of …
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 … 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. South of Bratton is a multi-period … 1/25,000, Telford (1978 edn.). Diary of Marches of Royal Army (Camd. Soc. [1st ser.], lxxiv), 278. Inst. Geol. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … inhabitants. This parish, including Wrockwardine-Wood, an isolated township five miles distant from the village, … and at the Conquest is supposed to have been divided into twelve portions, and to have been given to twelve soldiers as …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … mineral resources were exploited in the Middle Ages; an iron ore mine was noted in 1324. Regular extraction, … 76 In 1650 a coal delf was noted; 77 it was probably an opencast mine extracting coal, and almost certainly …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. … eight-bed building in Albion Street had been provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities … 45 Between 1876 and 1890 the chancel was enlarged and an apse added, also a vestry and organ chamber. In 1902 four …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was distributed annually. Edward Pemberton … two bushels of flour distributed annually; Stainer's, with an additional 10 s. from the sacrament money, provided bread … of Cludde's almshouses and the remainder distributed to twelve poor people. 3 Under schemes of 1922 Cludde's, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, … were probably worked by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, … were particularly active inclosers and, according to the men of Wrockwardine in 1650, had inclosed 300 a. in Eyton and …