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A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … holdings by long leases from the earl of Shrewsbury and St. John Charlton, and became the main mine owner in the … ovens, and the blast from rotative beam engines known as David and Sampson ( sic). A steam hoist lifted the charge. 62 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was soon withdrawn. 56 Controversy raged over the board's intended school site at Ketley Bank, some ratepayers … continued until 1860 when a new one 54 opened at Snowhill. St. George's church school, opened in 1860, was built on an … 67 That year too the infants transferred to the new St. George's C.E. (Controlled) Infant School nearby, 68 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … inhabitants, Wrockwardine Wood 4,978, Priorslee 2,644, and St. George's 163. The U.D. as a whole did not record a higher …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in Hadley wood. … comprised Wrockwardine Wood C.P. (914 a.) and the new C.P.s of St. George's (129 a.) and Priorslee (584 a.). 56 In 1934 the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… though their parents paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway … comprising the civil parishes of Wombridge, Priorslee, St. George's, and Wrockwardine Wood. 23 Nevertheless … 1038], pp. 75, 123-4, 130, H.C. (1902), lxxix. Newport (St. Geo.'s C.P.), Shifnal (Priorslee C.P.), and Wellington …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. St. Leonard's priory was dissolved in 1536 and its demesnes were leased … of £92 19 s. 6 d., of which £87 17 s. 6 d. belonged to St. John C. Charlton, the rest being divided between six …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge, C. R. Cameron, apparently resisting the chapel's siting in his parish. 29 A chapel for the Primitives was … and three other rooms. In 1981, on the eve of the chapel's closure and the congregation's move to the United Reformed … had 8 members in 1900 and closed in 1901. 47 In 1967 a new St. George's Methodist church opened in Church Street, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the … abandonment of a major scheme of 1904. The Lilleshall Co.'s supply was transferred to the U.D.C. between 1901 and 1918; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … 64 The Ancient Order of Foresters was well established in St. George's by 1875 and had links with Ketley Bank Primitive … G.M. James, 'Here be Dragons': Brief Glimpse into Hist. of St. Geo.'s, Telford [1982], 43-4 (copy in S.P.L.). St. Geo.'s …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wooburn 99. WOOBURN. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern …