Corrigenda to volumes I-III, VIII

A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11, Telford. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1985.

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A P Baggs, D C Cox, Jessie McFall, P A Stamper, A J L Winchester, 'Corrigenda to volumes I-III, VIII', in A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11, Telford, ed. G C Baugh, C R Elrington( London, 1985), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp375-377 [accessed 9 December 2024].

A P Baggs, D C Cox, Jessie McFall, P A Stamper, A J L Winchester, 'Corrigenda to volumes I-III, VIII', in A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11, Telford. Edited by G C Baugh, C R Elrington( London, 1985), British History Online, accessed December 9, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp375-377.

A P Baggs, D C Cox, Jessie McFall, P A Stamper, A J L Winchester. "Corrigenda to volumes I-III, VIII". A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11, Telford. Ed. G C Baugh, C R Elrington(London, 1985), , British History Online. Web. 9 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp375-377.

CORRIGENDA TO VOLUMES I-III, VIII

Earlier corrigenda to Volumes I and II were published in Volumes II and III. In references to pages printed in more than one column 'a', 'b', and 'c' following a page number denote the first, second, and third column.

Vol. I, page 54, line 10, for 'was born 13 May, 1835' read 'inherited his father's property 1855'
" " 59, paragraph on the Roden, line 4, for 'Dee' read 'Mersey'
" " 152, line 15, for 'vicar' read 'rector'
" " 276, line 38, for '37' read '87'
" " 321b, line 19, for '3' read '4'
" " 426a, lines 40, 51-2, for 'Telford' read 'Jessop'
" " 426b, line 55, for '1778' read '1788'
" " 444a, line 31, for 'These were' read 'One of these was'
" " 444a, line 33, for 'afterwards' read 'the present works nearby was carried on'
" " 455b, line 9, for 'Bennet' read 'Bennett'
" " 460a, line 22, for 'were two furnaces' read 'was a furnace'
" " 460a, line 39, for 'successor' read 'great-grandson'
" " 460b, line 18, after 'to' insert 'Richard Corfield, father of'
" " 460b, line 18, after 'Pitchford' delete ','
" " 460b, line 47, for '1676' read '1677 or 1678'
" " 460, note 4, for '7-9' read '7-8'
" " 461a, line 27, for '1708' read '1707'
" " 461a, line 30, after 'only,' insert '. . .'
" " 461a, lines 30-1, for 'such articles could' read 'iron pots and other ware may'
" " 461a, line 31, for 'better and more easily and' read 'fine and with more ease and . . .'
" " 461a, line 32, for 'could' read 'they can'
" " 461a, line 53, for '1709' read '1709/10'
" " 462a, line 46, for 'Upper' read 'Lower'
" " 462b, line 30, after 'in' insert 'helping to run'
" " 463a, line 4, for 'August' read 'October'
" " 463a, line 17, for '1758' read 'the 1750s'
" " 463a, lines 18-19, delete 'for a term of ninety-nine years'
" " 463a, line 23, for '1753' read '1754'
" " 463a, line 24, for 'Plowden' read 'R. A.'
" " 463a, line 25, for 'Robert' read 'Plowden'
" " 463a, line 26, delete 'A.'
" " 463a, line 38, after '1755' insert 'and 1757'
" " 463b, line 2, for '1750' read '1755'
" " 463b, line 44, before 'to' insert 'that year likely'
" " 464a, line 17, after 'furnaces' insert ', eventually'
" " 464a, line 21, for '1759' read '1757'
" " 464a, lines 22-3, for 'Shrewsbury' read 'Bersham'
" " 464b, line 23, for 'N.' read 'U.'
" " 464b, lines 48-9, delete 'Rev. William Hinton and'
" " 464b, line 49, after 'Elwell' insert 'and his brothers'
" " 464b, line 49, for '1774' read '1775'
" " 464b, lines 49-50, for 'It is doubtful, however, whether the' read 'The'
" " 464b, line 51, for 'at this time' read 'in 1757-8'
" " 465a, line 10, before 'J.' insert 'John Wilkinson who later sold them to'
" " 465b, line 14, for 'Humphry' read 'Humphrey'
" " 465, note 13, line 4, for 'beginning' read 'have begun'
" " 465, note 13, line 5, after 'and' insert 'are'
" " 465, note 15, move the source cited in note 16 to the beginning of this note, changing '1768' to '1768-9'
" " 465, note 15, for '202' read '203'
" " 465, note 16, for existing note read 'Case of Sir Humph. Mackworth [? 1707].'
" " 466a, line 13, for 'got to work' read 'incorporated in the Coalbrookdale partners' enterprises'
" " 466a, line 57, after 'introduced' insert 'rapidly'
" " 466b, line 27, for ', or' read 'and'
" " 466b, line 28, for 'then' read 'the former'
" " 466b, line 40, for 'the works' read 'Upton'
" " 466b, line 49, for 'Upper' read 'Lower'
" " 467b, line 34, for 'bronze' read 'cast iron, bronzed,'
" " 467, note 23, for 'Warrington' read 'Warington'
" " 470a, line 33, for 'Donnington were' read 'Snedshill had been'
" " 470a, line 34, for 'Company.'' read 'Company' in 1807 from successors of Wilkinson.'
" " 479a, line 28, for 'Stirchley' read 'Old Park'
Vol. II, page 2, line 22, after 'places' insert '(except Woore)' and after 'were' insert 'all'
" " 11, line 29, for 'James' read 'John'
" " 30b, line 6, for, 'in' read 'shortly after'
" " 35b, lines 4, 6, delete 'Sir'
" " 71a, line 26, for full stop read comma
" " 71, note 8, for '346' read '336'
" " 72a, line 29, for 'abbey' read 'manor'
" " 73a, line 3, for 'Atcham' read 'Ercall Magna'
" " 76, note 18, for '1518' read '1517'
" " 77, note 33, for existing note read 'L.J.R.O., B/c 5.'
" " 78, note 59, line 3, for '40/2' read '2/40'
Vol. II, page 79b, line 42, for 'occurs' read 'resigned'
" " 79b, line 43, for '1518' read '1517'
" " 79, note 5, after '1516' add '; L. & P. Hen. VIII, ii, no. 2717'
" " 79, note 6, after '2717' add '; S.H.C. 4th ser. vii. 179'
" " 81a, line 2, for 'dispossessors' read 'successors'
" " 81a, line 9, for 'Broctkon' read 'Brockton'
" " 82b, line 30, for '20' read '21'
" " 93, note 13, for '3rd' read '4th'
" " 106a, note 1, before 'de' insert 'C.'
" " 146a, line 32, before 'Newports' insert 'sane'
" " 152a, lines 29, 41, for 'Holbach' read 'Holbache'
" " 152, note 3, for 'Holbach' read 'Holbache'
" " 163, note 10, for '82' read '89'
" " 205, lines 8, 16, 27, after '1966' insert 'and 1967'
" " 212, line 6, after '1966' insert 'and 1967'
" " 212, s.v. 'Atcham R.D.', for '1966' read '1967' (six times)
" " 213, s.v. 'Bridgnorth', delete 'and U. D.' and for '1966' read '1967'
" " 213, s.v. 'Oldbury', delete 'and U.D.'
" " 214, s.v. 'Clun R.D.', line 3, for '1966' read '1967'
" " 214, s.v. 'Bishop's Castle', delete 'and U.D.' and for '1966' read '1967'
" " 214, s.v. 'Drayton . . . R.D.', line 3, for 'to' read 'from'
" " 214, s.v. 'Ellesmere R.D.', line 3, for '1966' read '1967'
" " 215, s.v. 'Ludlow R.D.', six of the eight references '1966' should read and 'Stretton, Little' to remain unaltered
" " 215, s.v. 'Ludlow', delete 'and U.D.'
" " 215, s.v. 'Ludlow Castle', for 'U.D.' read 'M.B.'
" " 215, last line, for 'U.D.' read 'M.B.'
" " 216, s.v. 'Newport R.D.', for '1934' read '1936'
" " 216, s.v. 'North Shropshire R.D.', for '1966' read '1967'
" " 216, s.v. 'Oswestry R.D.', for '1966' read '1967' (five times)
" " 216, s.v. 'Oswestry Urban', for 'U.D.' read 'M.B.'
" " 217, s.v. 'Shifnal R.D.', two of the three references to '1966' should read '1967' the reference s.v. 'Strichley' to remain unaltered
" " 217, s.v. 'Teme R.D.', for 'Act.' read 'Act,'
" " 217, s.v. 'Wellington R.D.', for '1934' read '1936' (nine times)
" " 218, s.v. 'Wem R.D.', for '1966' read '1967'
" " 220, notes (n) and (w), delete 'and U.D.'
" " 226, notes (s) and (t), delete 'and U.D.' (three times)
" " 235, line 3, for 'and' read ', and 1967, under'
" " 235, line 7, delete 'chap. and'
" " 235, line 9, for 'See' read 'Part transferred to Pimhill C.P. And see'
" " 235, lines 10-11, 16, 30, 32, 37, 39, 46, 48, 50-1, 53, and 55, delete 'A.P. and'
" " 235, line 19, delete 'and U.D.' (bis)
" " 235, line 21, for 'and U.D.: M.B. and U.D. dissolved' read 'Dissolved'
" " 236, lines 1, 3-5, 12, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 38-42, 46, 49, 51, delete 'A.P. and'
" " 236, lines 8, 55, for 'and U.D.: M.B. and U.D. dissolved' read 'Dissolved'
" " 236, line 18, delete 'and U.D.' (bis)
" " 236, line 22, after 'Albrighton' add '; Astley'
" " 237, lines 11-12, 14, 18, 23-4, delete 'A.P. and'
" " 241c, transpose 'Letone, see Leaton' and 'Lestune, see Leighton'
" " 243b, move 'Savintune, see Shavington' to its correct alphabetical position before 'Saward'
" " 244b, s.v. 'Wadelestun', for 'unidentified' read '? Woodluston in Forden, Mont.'
" " 245b, before 'Woolstaston' insert 'Woodluston, see Wadelestun'
" " 245c, s.v. 'Yagdon', for 'Shrewsbury St. Chad' read 'Baschurch'
" " 246b, s.v. 'Acton Round', after '3' add ', 210'
" " 247b, s.v. 'Albrighton, in St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, chap.', delete ', 235'
" " 247c, s.v. 'Alveley', between 'man.' and 'par.' insert 'mill, ii. 63'
" " 250c, s.v. 'Bennet', delete 'John, i. 455'
" " 250c, s.v. 'Bennett', read 'Bennett:' and insert thereunder 'John, i. 455' above 'Ric., ii. 153'
" " 251c, s.v. 'Bishop's Castle', delete 'U.D.' and following references
" " 253c, s.v. 'Bridgnorth, M.B.', after '220' add 'and n'
" " 253c, s.v. 'Bridgnorth', delete 'U.D.' and following references
" " 256a, s.v. 'Burton-upon-Trent', for '(Staffs.)' read '(Derb. and Staffs.)'
" " 258a, s.v. 'Charlton', below 'Thos.' insert new entry 'Wm. (d. 1532), ii. 35'
" " 258a, s.v. 'Charlton', delete the entry for 'Sir Wm.'
" " 260b, s.v. 'Coalbrookdale, in Madeley', before 'Meadow Wharf' insert 'Lower Forge, i. 462, 466'
" " 260b, s.v. 'Coalbrookdale, in Madeley', delete entry for 'Upper Forge'
" " 261b, s.v. 'Corfield', before 'Thos.' insert 'Ric., i. 460'
" " 263a, s.v. 'Dawley, cock-fighting', for '193' read '192'
" " 264a, s.v. 'Donnington, in Lilleshall, iron ind.' delete '470,'
" " 267c, s.v. 'FitzAlan, Ric., Earl of Arundel (d. 1397)', for '97' read '96'
" " 273a, s.v. 'Highley, coalmining', for '454' read '452-4'
" " 273a, s.v. 'Highley, geol.', for '454' read '452-4'
" " 273a, s.v. 'Highley, rlwy.' before 'ii' insert 'i. 454;'
" " 273c, s.v. 'Holbach', read 'Holbache' and for 'his' read 'David's'
" " 273c, s.v. 'Holbache', read 'Holbache,' and insert rest of entry beneath 'David, ii. 152'
" " 275c, after entry 'Jesson', add new entry 'Jessop, Wm., i. 426'
" " 279b, s.v. 'Lilleshall, tannery', for '20' read '21'
" " 282a, s.v. 'Ludlow', delete 'U.D.' and following references
" " 283a, s.v. 'Mackworth', for 'Humphry' read 'Humph.'
" " 284c, s.v. 'Mersey', after 'i.' insert '59'
" " 287c, s.v. 'Newport, Hen.', for '1762' read '1734'
" " 289c, s.v. 'Oswestry', delete 'U.D.' and following references
" " 290b, s.v. 'Palmer', for 'Jas.' read 'John'
" " 292c, s.v. 'Prees, geol.', after '40' add ', 59'
" " 294a, s.v. 'Red Hill', after 'Lilleshall' insert ', Sheriffhales,'
" " 298a, s.v. 'Sheriffhales (Hales)', after 'Burlington' insert 'Red Hill;'
" " 298c s.v. 'Shrewsbury, athletics, County Youth Sports', before '194 n' insert 'ii.'
Vol. II, page 302a, s.v. 'Slaney, Rob. Aglionby (d. 1757), add 'i. 463;'
" " 302a, s.v. 'Slaney, Rob. Aglionby (d. 1862)', delete 'i. 463;'
" " 302b, s.v. 'Smitheman', for 'N.' read 'U.'
" " 302c, s.v. 'sports and games', after 'swimming;' insert 'tilting;'
" " 303b, s.v. 'Stirchley', for 'chain making, i. 479' read 'chemical wks., i. 479 n'
" " 305b, s.v. 'Telford', delete '426,'
" " 305b, s.v. 'Tern, in Atcham', delete '68, 73'
" " 305b, s.v. 'Tern, in Ercall Magna', after 'ii.' insert '68, 73,'
" " 306a, s.v. 'Trefeglwys', add '(Mont.)'
" " 309b, s.v. 'Wenlock, M.B.', after '213,' insert '215,'
" " 309b, s.v. 'Wenlock', delete 'U.D.' and following references
" " 311c, s.v. 'Wilkinson, John', for '464,' read '464-5,'
Vol. III, page 8, map should show Little Buildwas in Wrockwardine hundred not Condover hundred
" " 11, lines 29, 31, for '1138' read '1139'
" " 12, line 25, for 'cousins' read 'kinsmen'
" " 29, line 16, for 'Eudes' read 'Otes'
" " 45, line 5, after 'granted' insert 'or confirmed'
" " 45, note 62, for 'escheated to' read 'was briefly resumed by'
" " 53, line 24, for '1255' read '1274'
" " 168, line 6, before 'steward' insert 'deputy'
" " 176, line 24, for 'one' read 'ones'
" " 176, line 25, after 'Shrewsbury' add 'and the Wesleyan school in Wellington'
" " 176, note 27, after '73-8' add '; Wellington Wesleyan Sch. log bk. 20 Jan. 1896'
" " 176, note 28, for 'Ibid.' read 'Jones, op. cit.'
" " 177, line 29, after 'Shrewsbury' insert 'and Wenlock'
" " 177, note 41, after 'S.R.O.' insert '2699/7, p. 273;'
" " 178, line 14, for '1895' read '1894-5'
" " 296, line 32, for 'Forester' read 'Weld-Forester'
" " 364b, s.v. 'Atcham', delete 'Tern;'
" " 369b, between ''Condetret' hundred' and 'Condover' insert new entry ''Conditre', see Walton'
" " 372c, s.v. 'Ercall, High', after 'Haughton' add '; Tern'
" " 373c, s.v. 'Forester, Cecil Weld', for 'Weld' read '(d. 1828)'
" " 373c, s.v. 'Forester, Cecil', after 'Cecil' insert '(d. 1774)'
" " 376b, s.v. 'Hodnet' [surname], for 'Eudes' read 'Otes'
" " 392b, s.v. 'Stottesdon', after 'Farlow' add '; Walton'
" " 392c, s.v. 'Sutherland', for 'Sutheeland' read 'Sutherland'
" " 393a, s.v. 'Tern', for 'Atcham' read 'High Ercall'
" " 394c, between 'Walsh' and 'Ward' insert new entry 'Walton, in Stottesdon: 'Conditre', 2 n'
" " 395a, s.v. 'Weld-Forester, Cecil Weld', delete 'Weld'
" " 395a, s.v. 'Weld-Forester, Geo. Cecil Weld', delete 'Weld'
Vol. VIII, page 88a, lines 22-3, for 'mistress . . . Harrison' read 'illegitimate son John Harrison with remainder to Harrison's mother Mrs. Anne Smyth'
" " 270b, line 25, for '54' read '51'
" " 270b, line 26, after 'Thomas' insert 'Porter'
" " 270b, line 26, for '1754' read '1751'
" " 270b, line 27, after 'Thomas' insert 'Porter'
" " 270b, line 27, delete 'Sir'
" " 270b, line 28, for '1771' read '1770'
" " 270b, line 30, after '1826' insert '(cr. bt. 1795)'
" " 270b, line 30, after ';' insert 'Sir'
" " 270b, line 31, before 'Joseph' insert 'Sir'
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