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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all …
A Dictionary of London
… brasineo" called the "Wrastelars" in Aldrichegate street in parishof St. Botolph Without Aldrichegate, I Ed. … VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall … business purposes. Wrestlers' Court South out of Camomile Street at No.2 (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western boundary of the parish and of … original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … supposed to have been a bridge. The Roman Watling-street passed through the centre of the station, and crossed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground falls sharply, giving extensive views north … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant … That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's … 26 Wrockwardine Wood Girls' and Infant Board School, Gower Street, opened in 1879 to accommodate 99 girls and 136 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Oakengates C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It … 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed building in Albion Street had been provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities in 1917. 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan … built of red brick in 1860 on the north side of Church Street, St. George's, seated 400; half the seats were free. … township. 74 The Wesleyan Reformers' Ebenezer chapel, New Street, was built in 1855. It seated 230. It closed in 1963 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … centre, and was perhaps the site of Cynddylan's hall of Pengwern, burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The … brick on the site of the former barns, overlooking Watling Street. 12 Earthwork terraces to the north-east, traceable in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … and Elwall, Dorchester division of Dorset, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Weymouth; containing 1911 inhabitants. The living … forms the in-soken, and the divisions of Downham, Market-street, Silfield, Sutton, Towngreen, and Wattlefield, which …