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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall into the Wey near Shalford: another …
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 … a very handsome monument has been erected in it by public contribution, to the memory of Mrs. Hannah More and …
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 … north of Bratton. 52 Most of the first recorded inns or public houses in the parish lay along Watling Street. The … There was an alehouse at Charlton in 1613. 57 Most of the public houses open in 1982 dated from the earlier 19th …
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 … in the centre is the marketplace, where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above … in malt, and derives some traffic from its situation on a public thoroughfare. An act was passed in 1846, for a railway …
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 … coalfield to have any concentration of shops and public houses. The public houses had apparently been an integral part of the …
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 … 280 children aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 … 16-17, 110. Kelly's Dir. Salop. (1891), 486; (1909), 311; Public Elem. Schs. 1906 [Cd. 3182], p. 538, H.C. (1906), …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, … to the school, was consecrated in 1833. It was paid for by public subscription of £990 and grants totalling £600. 25 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were owned by the Charltons of Apley from 1673. In 1813 and 1822 respectively Lord Berwick and the earl of Shrewsbury retained the mining rights when … duke of Sutherland's property. 62 The dukes of Sutherland and the earls of Shrewsbury were said to own the manorial …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… FOR THE POOR. Various benefactions made between 1616 and 1657 totalling £60 were used to buy a field called … improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the site c. … xii; T.S.A.S. 4th ser. viii. 206-8; above, Local Govt. and Public Services. S.R.O. 4472/Cy/7/4. The bldg. (at O.S. Nat. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed … 1333 67 but the first vicar was not instituted until 1341 and the vicarage was ordained only in 1351. 68 Patronage of … was united with those of Longdon upon Tern, Rodington, and Uppington; Holt, with Lord Barnard, the Martyrs' Memorial …