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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … century the North and South Chapels were probably added to the chancel and the North Vestry built. In the 15th … opening, now blocked, and with remains of a label; it may be an original clearstorey window, subsequently enlarged. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The … Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 … five places with the element tun in their names, which may be English renamings of older settlements. There are also two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … a short time, before the year 1188, when they removed to Ireland, and founded Wythney Abbey. Wyesham WYESHAM, a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which … The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … was developed from the 1860s, when Pain's Lane began to be known as St. George's. 18 Trench, like Pain's Lane, was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, … against the board in 1875 and 1876, but its refusal to build near the National school was widely supported. The … of a certificated master in 1865 qualified the school to be inspected for government grants. 13 The rector secured 100 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have been treated exactly as the other constituent townships, although special journeys had to be made to relieve the poor. The township, later parish, was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in 1765. 49 Wesleyans were meeting at the Nabb in 1813, and … evening service by 70; afternoon attendance was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. … and blue brick to seat 700, and in 1869 there were said to be 204 society members and a congregation of 550. A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a … of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey … products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart from …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was … by the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The … Orleton demesne land in Cluddley and Orleton were said to be very infertile in 1324 69 and much of Charlton's land was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … and they defrayed the school's expenses, amounting in 1853 to £45 including the mistress's salary of £35. 69 In 1885 an … three boarding schools: a boys' school at Admaston (still open in 1879) and girls' schools at Admaston and …