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A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … 9 a name suggesting that the wood was cleared back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground … sharply, giving extensive views north across the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was … Charlton mines were leased to, or operated by, the Pitts family, whose rights were challenged in 1696 when several …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… annually. Edward Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish … out annually as the Tiddicross charity from the poor rate. In 1830 the charity's income was raised to £8, closer to a realistic rent. 92 In 1907 it was £35 a year, from the four cottages 93 to which …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … married or widowed priest; he was probably related to the family who owned Charlton. 92 One pre-Reformation vicar is … 1600-1900 the parish clerk was a member of the Houlston family. 26 The church of ST. PETER, so named by 1435, 27 is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … (d. 1681) and Jane Schofield (d. 1705) kept schools in their houses. A 'schoolhouse' at Allscott was mentioned in … fees being paid by richer neighbours. 62 The Cludde family built and supported separate boys' and girls' schools …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the … in 1494 and 1504. 29 In the 12th century the Charlton family presumably held the manor of the abbey by … Moors, and the two manors descended together in the Eyton family. 45 Mention of the chapel yard in 1784, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wyddial 149. WYDDIAL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish … with certainty. The West Tower was also probably added in the 15th century, before the chancel was built. The North … C. C. (Charles Crouch) and the date 1681; the Crouch family owned the manor of Corney Bury from about the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … the name of Wucha, and at an early period was held by a family called De Wyke. It is detached from the rest of the … king's books at 14, and in the patronage of the Ferrand family: there is no church. Wykeham, West WYKEHAM, WEST, a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Whiston; Wootton; Yardley Hastings Map of the Hundred In the Northamptonshire geld-roll of c. 1074 Wymersley figures as a hundred and a half; 1 but in the Domesday Survey the western portion (including the … Judith and was certainly held by her representatives, the family of Hastings and their successors, with the manor of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wynford Eagle 99 WYNFORD EAGLE (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXX, S.W. (b)XXXIX, N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle … one of Nerva, one of Trajan and three of Hadrian found in a bank of earth near the Roman villa. About half the same … freestone; the roofs are tiled. The house belonged to the family of Sydenham in the 16th and 17th centuries and was …