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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING PAPER and other writing requisites such as PENs. Such boxes barely … (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Patents, Rates, Tradecards. References: Johnson (1794), Trinder (1992). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and … label and head-stops; the westernmost window is modern. Between the two western windows is the N. doorway with … arch, probably of late 14th or early 15th-century date. Between the two western windows is the S. doorway with jambs …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … are the Brockton and Burcot faults, c. 1 km. apart. Between them outcrop Uriconian Rhyolite, particularly between … 720, 2007. SA 36, 2028; T.C.S.V.F.C. xvi. 76. SA passim. G. Jones, 'Continuity Despite Calamity: The Heritage of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of Cheshire, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … township made presentments at Wrockwardine manor courts between 1397 and 1457. 15 A moat in the north part of the … 1½ million tons of goods a year. It linked with the G.W.R. line at Oakengates and the L.N.W.R. line at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … three were of 60 a., 50 a., and 30 a., the rest varying between 14 a. and 4 a. Thirty-two cottages (three of them … the 18th Cent.' (Reading Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1967), 191. I.G.M.T., Lilleshall Co. colln. 941. Ibid.; Trinder, Ind. Rev. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept … in 1943; the church school was rebuilt on a new site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a new (Roman … in government grant, £56 in fees, and only £25 from the rates. Weekly fees of 2 d. 27 were reduced in 1887 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, … of Wrockwardine Wood enjoyed a stipend of £81 c. 1834. G. L. Yate, vicar of Wrockwardine, had given up the small … designed by Joseph Farmer of Shifnal, were made. 45 Between 1876 and 1890 the chancel was enlarged and an apse …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census Sunday … grew from 8 in 1821 to 71 in 1824, and more than doubled between 1826 and 1828 to 134. On Census Sunday 1851 services … (copy in S.R.O. 3038/9/30); S.R.O. 1861/19, 79, 96, 137. G.R.O., Worship Reg. nos. 14084, 71040; S.R.O. 3038/9/47; …