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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of … chancel-arch is two-centred and of two chamfered orders, the outer continuous and the inner resting on … 12th-century N. doorway with a round arch of two plain orders enclosing a rubble tympanum supported by a segmental …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was built in the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th … late 12th-century chancel-arch is two-centred and of two orders the outer square and the inner with a later …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … boldly carved. There are numerous figures and ornaments in and about the communiontable, and other parts of the …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Writers 1863_70 Writers 1863-70 In 1863 provision was made for two permanent Digest Writers … 1863 9 Jan. Smith, W. 1863 9 Jan. Pickard, J. J. Order in council 9 Jan. 1863 (PC 2/257 pp. 213-14). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … the two-centred arches are of two hollow-chamfered orders; the circular column, probably of the 14th century, … early 13th-century two-centred arches of two chamfered orders, with a moulded label on the inner face of the N. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 ha.), including 515 a. in Wrockwardine Wood and 92 a. of detached moorland north of … J.P.s 1877-92, letters re Beattie's appt. Feb.-Mar. 1883; Orders of Q. Sess. iv. 259; Kelly's Dir. Salop. (1885), 787, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … embracing the picturesque vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … 9 a name suggesting that the wood was cleared back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground … estates were built there by the Oakengates urban district council and, from the 1960s, speculative builders and Wrekin …
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 … further reduced those totals, and building by the district council and private developers in the 1970s took most of the … there were difficulties in getting, and then fulfilling, orders. The works closed in 1931. From 1937 the buildings …
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 … in 1933 when Wrockwardine Wood Senior (Mixed) Council School opened, the boys' and junior boys' council …