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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Communications COMMUNICATIONS. Few roads are likely … was presumably a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley … where the road (later Teague's Bridge Lane) crossed the Wombridge Canal, perhaps not long after the canal's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Education EDUCATION. Wombridge. In 1693 Robert Bromhall, LL. D., was licensed as … where 250 children lacked school places in 1875, 53 when Wombridge school board was formed. A turbulent election …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The … consisted of the central part of what became the parish of Wombridge. About 1135 William and Seburga of Hadley and their … the lord of Shifnal all had claims in 'the common wood of Wombridge'. About 1220 Thomas Tuchet, lord of Leegomery, gave …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Later Oakengates WOMBRIDGE, LATER OAKENGATES Communications, p. 284. Growth of … p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the … in the mid 19th century, dwarfing the small settlement at Wombridge, and in 1895 Wombridge parish council tried, though …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … activity slumped in the early 19th century, 18 and Wombridge parish expenditure on relief reached a peak in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. … Dissolution. 90 Thereafter the descent of the manor 91 of WOMBRIDGE followed that of Apley (in Wellington) 92 until 1901 when Sir Thomas Meyrick's Wombridge estate was divided and sold. 93 William Charlton …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Wombridge. William Charlton of Wombridge (d. 1567) was reputed a papist or sympathizer with …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Social and cultural activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL … three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four were licensed in Wombridge parish in 1753 and six in 1805; they probably lay … foundation in 1938 the Uxacona lodge of freemasons met at Wombridge. It subsequently moved to Wellington. 67 Attempts …