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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place takes its name from its situation near the Roman road called WreckenDyke, which here crosses the old … containing 194 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by a Roman road, near which is a large tumulus; and comprises 2777 … water called Micklemere, near which has been discovered a Roman urn, containing ashes and bones. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… with some flint and ironstone; the chancel contains some Roman bricks, and the S. chapel of the nave is of … church, are of flint-rubble, mixed with puddingstone and Roman brick. A hermitage was founded here temp. Henry I., …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… before Watling Street was made in the initial phase of the Roman conquest. 5 It has been suggested that Wrockwardine … village was the site of Pengwern, the legendary sub-Roman centre of Powys, destroyed by the Mercians c. 660. 6 In … through Cluddley, was mentioned in 1411-12. 34 Some other roads, though not recorded before the 16th century, are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lead to the conclusion that it was afterwards a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to … regularity of the streets, consider it to have been a Roman city, and one of them, Mr. Salmon, maintains that it is … pasture, 56 woodland and plantations, 27 water, and 30 in roads. The surface is agreeably diversified, the soil …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … By the mid 17th century there were settlements along the roads bounding the township to north and south. The … Teague's Bridge Lane, Church Road, and Furnace Lane, all roads in the township seem to be later than the 17th-century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a new (Roman Catholic) primary school, and a new modern school …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… chapel, Trench, on the corner of Trench and Church roads, was built in 1866 in diapered red and blue brick. It …