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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the area that became Wombridge … sermons and commentaries. 74 The Lady chapel of the former priory church remained standing until 1756. There was no … of Wombridge and Shifnal. That part of Wombridge south of Priory Farm was put in the new parish, largely depriving …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the … ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the Wombridge priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is likely that both … were raised. James Leveson acquired the mines with the priory demesnes 23 and reserved them when he sold the lands …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the stream then bounding … 92 In 1318 the Crown confirmed 30 a. of assarts to the priory. 93 By the earlier 16th century the priory was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in … also a monastic site - it was extraparochial. 54 The priory stood less than 1 km. north of Watling Street, which … of the manor and parish of Shifnal), where Wombridge priory built up an estate in the early Middle Ages. 63 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. St. Leonard's priory was dissolved in 1536 and its demesnes were leased … lands from the Crown. 89 Leveson bought more of the priory lands at Oakengates in 1543, and in 1547, the year he died, he sold the priory and its demesnes to William Charlton (d. 1567), the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Roger de Houton gave the land which he held here to the priory of Thurgarton, 20 as in Hawton is said; this, I … Loudham, Woodborough, and Eperston, late belonging to the priory of St. Mary by Hertford. Anthony Denny, and Johanne …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and combining a variety of picturesque scenery; and the Priory, an old mansion near the church, also forms a pleasing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… church to the edge of the churchyard for occupants of the Priory. The survival of a 12th-century doorway and chancel …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… century. A mill recorded at the pond just north of the Priory in 1838, when it was owned by Nathaniel Peach but was …