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A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Shelfield … Cannock forest by the later 12th century, and the wood of Walsall was mentioned in 1199-1200. 72 The woodland was still … of 'sterile ground' was held in severalty; the rest of the Walsall Wood area was one large common. Squatting on the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Education EDUCATION. From 1804 until 1826 the governors of Walsall grammar school paid two schoolmistresses to teach children in Walsall Wood to read. Both taught in Walsall Wood village …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Introduction WALSALL WOOD The area that became the civil parish of Walsall Wood was originally a detached part of the foreign of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Local government and public services LOCAL … view of frankpledge. 15 Otherwise the evidence shows Walsall Wood and Shelfield as part of Walsall manor. 16 In the earlier 19th century pinners for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. … waste land at Shelfield apparently as part of the manor of Walsall. 54 In 1300 the vill was still held by the lords of Walsall. 55 A separate manor of SHELFIELD is first mentioned …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Religious life CHURCH. The church of ST. JOHN, Walsall Wood, originated in a mission established by the … raised by subscription and augmented by £20 yearly out of Walsall vicarage. 30 In 1845 a new parish of St. John was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. … to Lyle and a William Magot by Thomas Mollesley of Walsall the same year. The monks were to distribute 8 marks at Walsall on Mollesley's obit day for his soul and that of his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Churches CHURCHES. There was a church at Walsall by 1200. It had dependent chapels at Wednesbury and … that further new churches were built within the parish. Walsall church was recorded in 1200 when the Crown gave it to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Communications COMMUNICATIONS. Roads. Walsall early became the meeting point of several roads—from … national traffic routes avoided the area. By the 1740s Walsall's importance as a manufacturing centre, the fact that …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By at least the later 12th century most of Walsall parish lay within Cannock forest. Only the area south … by assarting. Herbert was evidently making assarts at Walsall in 1160. 73 In the earlier 13th century William le …