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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … (17 ft. by 11 ft.) has a modern E. window. The N. and S. walls have each a 13th-century lancet-window, modern … (3) Cottage, three tenements, on the S. side of the road 40 yards N.W. of the church, was built probably early in …
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 … place takes its name from its situation near the Roman road called WreckenDyke, which here crosses the old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) … Unclassified b(25). Mound, probably mill-mound at road junction S. of Cooksmill Green, about 100 yards N.E. of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… is bounded partly by Long Lane, the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western … original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. …
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 … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … town is situated near the foot of the chalk hills, on the road from Maidstone to London, and consists principally of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boundary was that part of the ancient Wellington-Newport road known by 1288 as Trench Way (later Trench Road), 9 a … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … district council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … in 1397-8 and 1413-14. 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was … After the First World War house building south of Trench Road further reduced those totals, and building by the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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 house; his salary was £27 2 s. 10 d. The first master … Junior School, with 320 places, was erected in Church Road, Trench. 25 Numbers rose and the school was extended in …
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 chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society membership grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one … making. 18 A brick kiln east of the Wrockwardine-Admaston road in 1827 19 had closed by 1838. Field names suggest the …