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A History of the County of Rutland
… composed formed the Hundred of Hwicceslea West referred to in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll of about 1075, and the southern portion of the Wapentake of Wiceslea in the county of Northampton of the Domesday Survey of 1086. … hands of the Earl of Warwick. 8 From this time the hundred passed with the manor of Barrowden (q.v.) and now belongs to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … of Charles I., when it was dismantled by order of the parliament. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … the sizes of writing paper were set out in new schedules [Acts (1784)]. The following sizes and types were available … REAM Found rated by REAM See also WRITING INK. Sources: Acts, Diaries, Houghton, Inventories (early), Inventories …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 … Sleapford 42 were turnpiked with Watling Street; 43 both passed through the north-east of the parish, the former … was opened north of Cluddley. 45 The Shrewsbury Canal passed through Long Lane; it was complete from Trench Pool to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of which … since which time it has continued to return two members to parliament; the right of election was extended in 1832 to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … 9 a name suggesting that the wood was cleared back from it in the early Middle Ages. 10 From Watling Street the ground … sharply, giving extensive views north across the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was … Richard Mountford, and between 1800 and 1803 its ownership passed to a partnership of Mountford, William and Henry Cope, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations EDUCATION. In 1833 a Primitive Methodist Sunday school, started in 1823, had 177 pupils, and a Wesleyan one had 326. 79 In 1828 Thomas Davies kept school in his house at the Nabb. …
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 by 1815 there was a chapel there. 50 On Census … by 70; afternoon attendance was said to average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb …
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 … (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey property, 65 … vicarage belonged to Shrewsbury abbey until 1540 when it passed to the Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it …