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A History of the County of Shropshire
… WOMBRIDGE, LATER OAKENGATES Communications, p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. … for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … probate jurisdiction until 1857. 13 Priorslee was part of Shifnal manor and parish 14 and Ketley Bank part of Leegomery manor. 15 A lock-up built at Snedshill in 1829 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Wombridge. William Charlton of Wombridge (d. 1567) was reputed a papist or sympathizer … expanding population. 24 C. R. Cameron, perpetual curate of Wombridge 1808-56, resisted the nonconformists 25 and, … chapels opened on the southern (or Shifnal parish) side of Oakengates town, and the Primitives opened one in Ketley …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to be processed to concentrate the content of … of wodd] The phrase might apply to any number of wooden structures providing a frame or support, the context …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) in 1850. 1 A coin of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the … known as The Parks, indicate the position of former structures around court B. Buildings have recently been found …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman villa, 1 lies on the west side of the Nailsworth valley two miles south of Stroud town. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… enlarged in 1872 80 and 1899. 81 The school taught pupils of secondary age until c. 1960, 82 then only juniors, and was part of the Cheveley Federation Scheme from 1978. 83 Dramatic changes in the age- and class-structure of Woodditton's population reduced the roll from a peak of c. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 64 NW, b SP 65 SW) The modern parish, formerly part of Blakesley, contains the site and lands of the deserted village of Kirby (1) as well as the existing settlements of Woodend …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The …