The History of Oswestry Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environs

“That Sir Walter Scott is as indubitable an authority in early English or Welsh History as in that of his own country may not be admitted by all. According to the Welsh records...

“At the breaking out of the Civil Wars,” says Pennant, “the whole of Shropshire, with few exceptions of persons and none of places, adhered to the cause of royalty. Oswestry, li...

Archbishop Peckham visited Oswestry, June 12, 1284. He was received with great respect by Anian, Bishop of St. Asaph, the clergy, and others. Anian obtained from the king a conf...

“The five regal Tribes, and the respective representative of each, were considered as of royal blood. The fifteen common Tribes, all of North Wales, and the respective represent...

It is to be regretted that the Society, since the loss of its benevolent founders, has been in a declining state; but it is to be hoped that an institution which has effected so...

HUMPHREY KYNASTON, surnamed _The Wild_.—This remarkable man, whose exploits would furnish skilful romance-writers with materials for at least three entertaining volumes, was not...

Almost every nook and corner has its historic tale, its love or war-song, or its tradition. These remains of ancient times and deeds of bravery, with natural beauties superadded...

In 1681, only four years before Charles’s death, a polemic scene was enacted in Oswestry, which, from the celebrity of the parties engaged in it, forms no uninteresting feature...

“No one has informed us how the king received this furious manifesto. He had something else to engage his attention. He proceeded to marshal his forces, dividing them into two c...

The borough has now assumed, from a number of improvements made in it, a highly-respectable appearance. Church-Street may vie, in neatness and public accommodation, with the lea...

Its antiquity extends so far back as the year 590, when, as the Welsh poet Llywarch Hên states, it was known by the name of the _White Town_ (Drev-Wen.) In the reign of Rhodri M...

“THOUGH here I struts, a lord so great and gay, I was but tallow-chandler t’other day; I’ve riches, dress, good dinners, rank, and station, But what are all these without headic...

It is generally admitted, from the records of the ancient historical writers, that on the spot where Oswald was slain a Monastery was founded, dedicated to him in the character...

The house is 126 feet in length, the façade presenting numerous pointed gables, terminating in pinnacles. The entrance to the Hall is through a porch, and over the original oak...

From the death of Oswald to 777, Oswestry is reported, as already mentioned, to have been in undisputed possession of the Britons. What its faithful history was during that long...

“MARY, wife of Humphrey Mostyn, Esq., died September 3rd, 1781, aged 60. Also of HUMPHREY, youngest son of William Mostyn, Esq., of Brongwyn, Montgomeryshire, died 12th of Janua...

The grounds in which the house is situated are remarkable for their sylvan beauty. The avenue leading to the mansion from Rhuabon is formed of fine oak, elm, beech, and other tr...

Lenthall, the Speaker, was profuse, as we have shewn, in compliments, but still no substantial mark of favour upon General Mytton was bestowed. The Committee to whom the appoint...

We briefly notice this place, from its antiquity, and having possessed a castle, erected in the reign of Henry II. Knockin is in the hundred of Oswestry, as already stated; is a...

Oswestry was visited with other calamities some few years before this period. In 1542 a fire broke out in the town, which was so destructive, that “two long streets with great r...

“In Memory of the Rev. JOHN WHITRIDGE, this Tablet is affectionately inscribed by the Church over whom for 35 years he was the devoted Pastor. An example—in word—in conversation...

The MANORS in Oswestry Parish are Aston, Duparts, and Middleton. _Aston_ includes the townships of Aston, Hisland, and Wooton, and also Twyford, in West Felton parish. _Duparts_...

William Roberts Thomas Penson COUNCILLORS—1836: Thomas Penson Edward Edwards (in the room of James Williams, deceased) John Miles Hales William Williams Robert Edwards John Tomk...

_Polypodium phegopteris_—Craigforda. _Aspidium oreopteris_—Ditto. _Grammitis ceterach_—Crickheath Hill and Treflach Hill, above Porthywaen and Blodwel rocks _Cystea dentata_—On...

THE issue of this volume has been “the accident of an accident.” I was called by commercial business last autumn to Oswestry, where I found, temporarily located, a man with humo...

Madog 15 Maelor 15 Marrow’s Assault 69 Marches Lordships 17 Margery Bruce 180 Markets and Fairs 97 Markets 102–3 Maserfield 7 Mathrafal 9 Maud Verdon 15 Maurice, William 231 May...

Names of By what Nature of When payable. By whom. By whom Time of Donors. Instrument Property, or directed to be distribution. created, and Amount. distributed, Date. and in wha...

The Trustees to whom the site for the new Dispensary and Baths was conveyed are, William Ormsby Gore, Esq., Thomas Lovett, Esq., Edmund Wright, Esq., and Thomas Longueville Long...

A. L. having been for many years practically engaged in the best houses on the Continent, is able to suit, at first glance, the sight of any person from the age of 10 to 70, wit...