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A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … down in 1826, about the time that the Donnington Wood Old Lodge furnaces were blown in. 3 In 1861 the Lilleshall … an engineering works that replaced the Donnington Wood Old Yard works and soon became known as the New Yard. 4 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school in his house at the Nabb. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the township were gradually separated from the other … manorial rights. Sir George Saville began the process in 1660 by conveying his mining rights five years before he … interest in the rest of the manor. Most of the rights formerly Saville's were owned by the Charltons of Apley from …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… annually. Edward Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish … out annually as the Tiddicross charity from the poor rate. In 1830 the charity's income was raised to £8, closer to a … it was £35 a year, from the four cottages 93 to which the old workhouse had been converted. 94 By her will of 1675 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … 1548 the service of Our Lady was suppressed. The 70-year-old stipendiary Thomas Fryer 94 had been receiving an annuity … c. 1932 and later converted to a house. 18 By 1908 Walcot, formerly in Withington ecclesiastical parish, had been …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … (d. 1681) and Jane Schofield (d. 1705) kept schools in their houses. A 'schoolhouse' at Allscott was mentioned in … was supported by Anna Maria Cludde. 67 It was held in an old cottage until temporarily accommodated in the boys' …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the … In 1324 the manor house was ruinous. It was said in 1650 formerly to have stood in the close called the Hall yard, 98 … staircase, apparently in situ, in the centre of the old range. A map of 1742 depicts the hall, probably …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… They are as follows: a. Several Roman coins 1 were found in the garden of Heath Hill House (SP 18472278), mile E. of … including samian, calcitegritted ware and mortaria, in arable. The limestone slabs, which must denote former … TBGAS, 87 (1968), 205, No. 16. TBGAS, VII (18823), 72. Now in Gloucester City Museum. JRS, XII (1922), 262. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wyddial 149. WYDDIAL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish … with certainty. The West Tower was also probably added in the 15th century, before the chancel was built. The North … very late example of pre-Reformation church architecture. In the 19th century the nave and chancel were restored and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … church has a tower, and is very ancient, about 700 years old; the eastern window is of stained glass, with the arms of … end of the village is Wylam Hall, an ancient building, formerly a peel, or strong house. Wyldecourt WYLDECOURT, a …