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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of … Wolverhampton; containing, with the liberties of Orton and Swindon, 1808 inhabitants, of whom 1220 are in the … cultivation. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes for four miles and a half through the parish. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was … to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to Shifnal were turnpiked in 1726. … road (later Teague's Bridge Lane) crossed the Wombridge Canal, perhaps not long after the canal's construction in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were … 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th century were Queenswood and Wallamoor wood in … become a problem, and the construction of the Shrewsbury Canal was proposed. 39 Deep mining began early in the 19th …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the … Eyton, intro. Telford Jnl. 7 Aug. 1975; inf. from Severn-Trent Water Auth., Wellington. Inf. from Salop Area Health …
Alumni Oxonienses
… graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, … year, when his church was burnt down, rector of East Mersey, Essex, 3 Feb., 1667-8, until his death before 14 … 1637; rector of Rudford, co. Gloucester, 1631, and of Trent, Somerset, 1644, until sequestered in 1646 by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … toll at a side gate on the road from Ashby to Burton-on-Trent, was sheltered from the weather by a common watch-box, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … to invest in government stock and later in the Oxford Canal Company. 92 Lack of funds rendered the corporation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … from Ludlow 5 containing 60 inhabitants. The Leominster canal passes through the township. Woolhampton (St. Peter) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass through the parish. The living is a rectory, … Irelands, of Bewsey. The township lies on the bank of the Mersey, on the road to Manchester; and comprises 1356 acres. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) … for the supply of the inhabitants. The Wilts and Berks canal passes within half a mile to the south of the town, and …