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A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was … with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had … 1862 to allow the company to exhibit and win prizes at the London International Exhibition. From the start locomotives …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans … apparently average numbers. The chapel had 500 seats, 300 of them free. 57 In 1864 it was rebuilt in diapered red and … and his followers to establish the Wrockwardine Wood Central Hall in Donnington Wood. 59 Between 1903 and 1905 the …
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, … which was timberframed, two-bayed and two-storeyed, with a central stack. 87 That house was sold in 1806 and a new one …
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, … villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the ploughteams probably implies … was tenant, the mill was acquired from the Crown by two London speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard Steventon owned …
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 Montgomery, created earl of … of five bays and two storeys with four pairs of windows, central entrance, two chimney stacks, and three attic gables. …
Survey of London
… IRON GATE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. This gate, which is of good 18th-century wrought-iron work, was placed here by Lady Gilbert Kennedy, the last tenant of St. Margaret's Lodge, which stood at the south end of the … site was recently bought for the extensions of the Chelsea Polytechnic. The gate, which now serves as an entrance to the …
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 … wing and the third in the middle of the main block; the central porch was added late in the 17th or early in the 18th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … miles (W. S. W.) from Norwich, and 100 (N. E. by N.) from London; comprising the markettown of Wymondham, which forms …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Bridport. The Manor Farm is the principal monument. Roman c(1) Tesselated Pavement, immediately S.W. of Manor Farm, must have been discovered before 1864, when … Front (Plate 206) is ashlar-faced and has a three-storeyed central porch flanked by gabled bays. The porch has an outer …
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 have been re-faced externally with … and restored in the 19th century. The roof is tiled. The central chimney stack has square shafts built of thin bricks. …