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A History of the County of Shropshire

… sums were paid out of the sacrament money to the parish poor from the mid 18th century or earlier: £1 18 s. 6 d. in …

Wrockwardine: Economic history

A History of the County of Shropshire

… in 1324 69 and much of Charlton's land was considered of poor quality in 1354. 70 So many tenants died in 1349 that … Walter Leveson's tenants. Only a small amount of reputedly poor, marshy soil was left uninclosed. The Levesons and their … developed there. 78 At the time of the Wildmoors Inclosure Act, 1801, Wrockwardine retained some vestiges of common …

Wrockwardine: Education

A History of the County of Shropshire

… two well conducted schools for c. 63 cottagers' children, poor pupils' fees being paid by richer neighbours. 62 The … whether either sch. was in Wrockwardine Wood. Digest Educ. Poor, H.C. 224, p. 764 (1819), ix (2). Marshall, St. Peter's …

Wrockwardine: Local government and public services

A History of the County of Shropshire

… the abolition of copyhold, following the Law of Property Act, 1922. 30 In 1650 the customary bailiff was a copyholder … of the manor of Eyton on Severn. 37 Three overseers of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on … expenditure had reached £94 13 s. 4 d. 39 In 1760-1 the poor were farmed to Thomas Hazlehurst for £50 a year. 40 By …

Wyke - Wyvill

A Topographical Dictionary of England

… an ecclesiastical district in May 1844, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and became a parish, … no church. Wykeham, West WYKEHAM, WEST, a parish, in the poor-law union of Louth, E. division of the wapentake of … in 1806, about 40 acres of land were allotted to the poor for fuel. Wymondley, Great WYMONDLEY, GREAT, a parish, …

XC: Draft of Act of Parliament, granting liberty of election of magistrates (1606)