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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, … of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 86; patrons and … has been rebuilt, at the expense (with the exception of a small donation from the Dean and Chapter) of Miss Losh, who …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardinew WROCKWARDINE Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern … the deserted settlement and former township of Nash. 84 A detached township of the ancient parish, Wrockwardine Wood, … of the parish and of Charlton township partly follows a stream. To the south the parish boundary largely follows …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyham Wrockwardine (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of … five miles distant from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; … is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the surrounding country, embracing the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… as part of Wellington rural sanitary district, becoming a ward of Oakengates urban district on its creation in 1898. … by the Lilleshall Co. It opened in 1873 but by 1879 a smaller, eight-bed building in Albion Street had been … Joshua Gilpin, vicar of Wrockwardine 1782- 1828 22 and a friend of John Fletcher, the Methodist vicar of Madeley, to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. A Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, … were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday 1851 afternoon service … was established at Oakengates in 1821. In 1823 it became a circuit centre and the first circuit chapel was built at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called Tiddicross, of which the rent was distributed … Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the … In 1830 the charity's income was raised to £8, closer to a realistic rent. 92 In 1907 it was £35 a year, from the four …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent … by the neighbouring clergy'. 2 After 1662 almost all the vicars were graduates. Benjamin Reed, 1728-33, employed a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, … divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, … the name of Wucha, and at an early period was held by a family called De Wyke. It is detached from the rest of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… marking the boundary between the two rapes. 1 Three and a quarter of its 8¼ hides were part of Warenne's land, … of 1296, 7 and in 1316 Wyndham and Ewhurst were named as a single vill, the only one in it. 8 In 1327, 1332, and 1334 … between vills seems to have been between an eastern and a western half. Many of the taxpayers in the half-hundred in …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… burgh, to Master Reginald Irewyn, archdeacon of Glasgow. A.D. 128090. [Latin text] Omnibus Christi fidelibus … of Edgar the vicar, towards the west, on the other, for a certain sum of money which the said Master Reginald in my …