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A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote … 1358 may have been part of the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the north … 74 Part of the mill was used to grind swords in the Civil War. 75 By 1674 it was making some sort of rough paper, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was given to Godstow by Reynold of St. Valery c. 1166; at that date Wolvercote, Yarnton, and North Leigh seem to … west and a stream on the east; Wilsey by the Cherwell was at the south-east corner, but the remainder of the southern … the other villages around Oxford, suffered in the Civil War. Royalist troops, including the artillery, were billeted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was granted to Henry VIII's … 1645, when the house was severely damaged in the Civil War. 39 Thereafter the site was used as a quarry for building stone. The following attempt at a reconstruction of the medieval buildings is based mainly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with that of Trysull annexed, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The … spire; it was enlarged and thoroughly repaired in 1841, at a cost of 1500, and now contains 600 sittings, of which … in 1813; and concerts are held occasionally. During the war, barracks were erected on the high ground about half a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… for tradesmen's horses. 17 Mills. There was an iron mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream … of the most modern casting foundries in Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 52 tried in vain to raise money for a new church school at Ketley Bank where 250 children lacked school places in … in the district. The first chairman was William Perrott, secretary of the Lilleshall Co. 67 He was soon succeeded by … who served for thirty years, as did the committee's first secretary, R. L. Corbett. 69 The enrolment of 222 students at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In the 13th century there may have been some settlement at a place called Staniford, on Watling Street where it was … of Watling Street that crossed the middle of the parish. At Oakengates, 99 perhaps so called because it lay at the … of 1939 to build 74 council houses was interrupted by the war with only 16 completed, and in 1943 over 200 new houses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Ketley Bank part of Leegomery manor. 15 A lock-up built at Snedshill in 1829 was in use in 1841. Another was built at Oakengates in 1874. 16 The Priorslee District Association … 1879 and 1885, remained in existence until the First World War. 17 As in all the coalfield parishes the number of poor …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Co. tended to be better served and the company was at that time improving the water supply by tapping pit water. … was unavoidable as the area was sewered either not at all or ineffectively: the more recently developed streets … engine was then at Wellington. 45 After the Second World War the county council provided a retained fire station at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in 1613, and three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four were licensed in Wombridge … remaining roughly constant until after the First World War when the beer sellers began to be closed. There were …