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A History of the County of Shropshire
… there was presumably a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later … Priorslee probably grew up beside the road from Watling Street to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to Shifnal were turnpiked …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Eagle Iron Co. (fl. 1870-91) that produced shovels in West Street, St. George's, and was one of the main local suppliers … Snedshill Co. 76 Martin & Sons, iron founders, of Slaney Street, Oakengates, operated between 1879 and 1891 and were … 1917. 79 Gasel Ltd., iron founders, were open in Leonard Street, Oakengates, c. 1952, 80 and c. 1960 H. L. Cornaby …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… students 1969-77. 81 Wombridge National School, Bridge Street, was built in 1846, chiefly at James Oliver's 82 … on an extensive open site south of what became School Street, Snowhill; the cost was met by the Lilleshall Co. and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the west by Springwell brook, and on the south by Watling Street. 90 Eastward and northward expansion by c. 1181 may … c. 1220 by John le Strange (II). South of Watling Street the lords of Leegomery (Ketley) and Wrockwardine and, … parish evidently then extended well south of Watling Street, 91 perhaps to its full eventual extent and so …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 54 The priory stood less than 1 km. north of Watling Street, which bisected the ancient parish. The parish … late medieval hamlet on its eastern edge, stood on Watling Street 4 km. east of Wellington. Oakengates grew into a … Wombridge church, and is bounded to the north by Watling Street. 66 Oakengates U. D. And C. P. 1934- 66 The area here …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were responsible for sanitary affairs; highway repair; street lighting; weights and measures inspection; … their parents paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway boards and usually had two …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1868 when the Methodist New Connexion moved to Slaney Street and the Baptists opened in Stafford Road. The … for the Primitives was built on the south side of Market Street in 1845, only to be demolished in advance of the … to the Wesleyans. 35 In the mean time Zion chapel, Slaney Street, had opened: the New Connexion used that between 1868 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was sold … had pails and threw sewage into their yards or the street. The disposal of ash and domestic refuse was just as …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the focus of activity being the pubs along the main street. 55 Bull baiting was among the more notorious … new Foresters' Hall was erected on the south side of West Street near the junction with Stafford Street. 65 In 1898 the 51 members of 'Earl Granville' lodge …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… nineteenth, and then the standardizations introduced by Joseph Whitworth fifty years later, most screws were made for …