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A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow … of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a … originally late 15th-century, building survived in 1984. Anthony Wood identified it as the chapel of St. Leonard and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wolverton 226. … of the 14th century. The tower was originally central and the N. and S. arches indicate that the plan of the church … and arms of Longueville impaling Fenwick and Peyton for his two wives. Floor-slabs: now outside S. doorway of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 10 per annum for the instruction of children. Wombourn (St. Benedict) WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of … in 1795, and is picturesquely situated in Wonersh Park, his lordship's seat: at the east end of the north aisle is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the area that became … parish. No vicarage was endowed before the Dissolution, and afterwards the benefice (if there was one) seems to have … 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in 1642 he may have been allowing £20 a year to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was … after the canal's construction in 1788. 74 In 1931-2 the St. George's bypass was built under a government unemployment … Sel. Cttee. Holyhead Rd. H.C. 549, p. 110 (1819), v; 1 st Rep. R. Com. Holyhead Rd. H.C. 305, p. 23 (1824), ix; 3 rd …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were … engine was installed at Wombridge, and by the time of his death in 1733 he was mining in the Greenfields and New … holdings by long leases from the earl of Shrewsbury and St. John Charlton, and became the main mine owner in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1693 Robert Bromhall, LL. D., was licensed as deacon and schoolmaster in the parish. 49 By 1833 20 boys and 21 … 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 … of what became the parish of Wombridge. About 1135 William and Seburga of Hadley and their son Alan gave land bounded on … 1220 Thomas Tuchet, lord of Leegomery, gave the canons his rights in the wood, and boundary disputes with Shifnal …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 289. Manor and Other Estates, p. … developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in Hadley wood. … 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
… Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. … 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 …