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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the road from Ludlow to Shrewsbury, and the river Onny flows through. The surface is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 6 miles (E.) from Shrewsbury; containing 219 inhabitants, and comprising about 1100 acres. The Shrewsbury canal passes through. The living is a perpetual …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Ford, S. division of Salop, 9 miles (W.) from Shrewsbury; containing 427 inhabitants. It is situated near the Severn, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, from which towns it is equidistant. … on the west with Salop-street, leading towards Shrewsbury. The houses are in general substantial, neatly …
A Dictionary of London
… the lower part of the lane was built on by the Earl of Shrewsbury and the other part stopped up and built on by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil is dry and sandy, and the surface hilly. The Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Marquess of Stafford's, canals …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The coalfield was given access to the county town by the Shrewsbury Canal, which opened fully in 1797; a section from … The section of the Wombridge Canal not incorporated in the Shrewsbury Canal probably became disused c. 1819. The Ketley … plane closed in 1921, effectively marking the end of the Shrewsbury Canal; latterly the only regular traffic carried …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… family's existing holdings by long leases from the earl of Shrewsbury and St. John Charlton, and became the main mine … raised around Oakengates that its carriage by road to Shrewsbury had become a problem, and the construction of the Shrewsbury Canal was proposed. 39 Deep mining began early in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Cantab. & Fasti, i. 503. Wright, Nathaniel s. George, of Shrewsbury, Salop, gent. New Inn Hall, matric. 11 March, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on most days, and daily coaches to Holyhead, Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Leicester; carriers provided a daily service …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOOLASCOTT, a township, in the parish of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, hundred of Pimhill, Northern division of Salop; …