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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Wreath - Writing paper Wreath [wrathe; rathe] A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, … PLAIN, School, with secrets, SMALL, travelling Found made of DEAL, OAK, WAINSCOT, WOOD See also BUREAU, SCRUTOIRE, …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… of Fellowship 1622-1657 Date elected censor 1628-1638 Date made Elect 1642 Date elected Consiliarius 1647-1656 Offices …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Writers 1863_70 Writers 1863-70 In 1863 provision was made for two permanent Digest Writers with salaries of £200 …
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. … was re-built, and the westernmost arches on both sides made narrower and cemented when the tower was re-built. In … original doorways with four-centred heads and a door made up of 16th-century panelling. The former Hall has …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardinew WROCKWARDINE Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern … attest to activity in the area before Watling Street was made in the initial phase of the Roman conquest. 5 It has … cricket club in 1887, 72 and in 1947 a cricket ground was made at Orleton hall. It was the home ground of Wellington …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyham Wrockwardine (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of … a town of the Britons, various discoveries having been made of British coins, and of fragments of brass armour and … to more than 1000 of the inhabitants, and chairs are made in great numbers; the town has a trade in malt, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to … lay in Wrockwardine Wood, and Quam Pool township made presentments at Wrockwardine manor courts between 1397 … Wood furnaces closed in the 1820s and were later made into 16 dwellings, and the glassworks into 10 dwellings …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… cleared in the century after 1650 as mining expanded. A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for … in scale: Richard Vickers of Wrockwardine Wood (d. 1705) made part of his living carrying coal on two pack horses and … larger interests than in the other works. 88 Ironstone made greater profits than coal for landlord and tenant alike. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school … to the cost of alterations; Betton's charity also made a small grant. A new junior mixed and infant school with …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… constituent townships, although special journeys had to be made to relieve the poor. The township, later parish, was in … as part of Wellington rural sanitary district, becoming a ward of Oakengates urban district on its creation in 1898. … to c. £140, augmentations totalling £1,000 having been made from Queen Anne's Bounty to match private subscriptions …