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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … prehistoric site with Bronze Age ring ditches and Iron Age or Romano-British ditches and enclosures. 3 Another … opened in 1797. A wharf at Long Lane originally supplied coal and lime to the Shawbury area; in 1898 the Lilleshall …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … meadow and pasture; the substratum abounds both with coal and ironstone, and some mines are in operation. A branch … S. division of the hundred of Seisdon and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Wolverhampton; containing …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 13 The Middle Coal Measures, lying close to the surface across most of the … in Trench: 'Miners' Glory' with 21 members, 'Marquis of Stafford' with 270. 49 Several friendly societies existed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … known as Donnington Wood mill, closed in the 1970s. 75 Coal and ironstone. The township's mineral resources were … 612; S.R.O. 3882/1/46. S.R.O. 3882/1/46; Rep. Insp. Mines, Stafford Dist. (No. 9), 1908 [Cd. 4672-viii], H.C. (1909), …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … of the bd.'s vicechmn. from his post with the Lilleshall Co.: ibid. /19, pp. 10-12, 38-9, 70-2, 95-8, 101-2, 158-60. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, … Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It opened in 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed … the building costs being raised through subscriptions. The iron building was enlarged in 1892 to provide 170 sittings. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … seat holders voted to retain the 56 rented places. 17 An iron mission chapel was built at Charlton after 1875. In 1898 … 3916/1/1, no. 25. C. Hulbert, Hist. and Descr. of Co. of Salop. ii (1837), 158; J. Benson, Life of Rev. J. W. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to … Vast Burthen of the Poor's Rate, by a member of the Salop. Co. Cttee. for the employment of the poor (Holborn, 1817), 6 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the … succeeded by her younger son Sir William Howard, Viscount Stafford, impeached and executed 1680. 91 His son Henry Stafford-Howard, created earl of Stafford 1688, sold his …
Survey of London
… Wrought-iron gate, Trafalgar Square CXXII.WROUGHT IRON GATE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. This gate, which is of good 18th-century wrought-iron work, was placed here by Lady Gilbert Kennedy, the last … photograph of the same. 1Measured drawing of the gate and railings. Reproduced here …