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Title: Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain)
Subjects: Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) Excavations (Archaeology) Natural history
Publisher: Shrewsbury (etc.) Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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ught of Robert, son of John deWittrue. And it lies between the land of Richard Hord onthe one side, and the land of John Floe, on the other (side).And it extends in length from the highway which leads fromMontgomery towards Shrewsbury through the middle of theaforesaid vill of Chirbury as far as a certain garden w hich iscalled Kynges Orchard. To have and to hold the afore-said messuage, with the appurtenances, of the chief lord ofthe fee aforesaid, to the aforesaid William and his heirs orassigns, freely, quietly, well and in peace, in fee and inherit-ance. I he aforesaid William and his heirs or assigns render-ing yearly to the chief lord all the services thereof due andaccustomed lYc. These being witnesses. Sir Richard thenVicar of Chirbury, Robert de Wittrue, David de Stocton,John of the same, William de Hokelton, and others. Dated at Chirbury, on Thursday the Feast of the Decol-lation of St. John the Baptist in the 8th N ear of the reign ofKing Edward, son ol King Edward. (Seal.)
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N O T E S ON A L B E RBURY.By H. M. AIJDEN. F.R.Hist.S. Mr. Eyton in his Antiquities of Shropshire speaks of theparish of Alberbury as having a history of surpassing interest.He refers mainly to it in connection with the feudal system,but the history of the district goes back to far earlier times.The old parish was of huge extent, stretching from the Crossdates, five miles from Shrewsbury, to Middletown, five fromWelshpool, and from the Severn at Llandrinio Bridge to thecrest of the Long Mountain, taking in nearly the whole of the Breiddep group of hills, and extending almost to Yockletonand Westbury. Ford and Cardeston were mediaeval chapel-ties within its area, and Criggion and Great Wollastonremained dependent on Alberbury Church till modern times.In early days much lighting raged on and about the naturalstronghold of the Brcidden, as is witnessed by the earth-works upon it and the Middletown Hill or the Cefn-y-Castell,to give it a le^s prosaic name. There is no site among themany

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