Shropshire and Shrewsbury miscellanies, principally written in the first quarter of the 19th cent. chiefly by the Rev. J.B. Blakeway

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Various topographical and historical papers of the Rev. J.B. Blakeway, bound together, among which are:

(fol. ii) 'Villare Salopiense', a list of Shropshire places, with their hundreds, and a few notes, pedigrees, etc.: cf. fol. 212b
(fol. 69) a historical essay ' Of the state of religion in Shrewsbury', by Blakeway
(fol. 80b) notes on the castles of Shrewsbury
(fol. 97) notes on Stoke Say or Southstoke
(fol. 115a) notes on Longnor,
(fol. 139) notes on the Mortimers' property
(fol. 153) notes on Betton
(fol. 156) notes on Badger
(fol. 166) notes on Donington
(fol. 176) a contemporary copy of the book of Tenths payable to the Bp. of Hereford in about 1710-13
(fol. 197) notes on Tong
(fol. 202) a copy of the poll of the Freeholders of Shropshire, Nov. 7, 1695
(fol. 205) notes on Cause
(fol. 217a) notes on the Forests and Chases of Shropshire, including a slightly imperfect early 17th cent. copy of an exemplification in 1533 of a 'Perambulatio Forestarum in com. Salop. tempore regis Edwardi primi.'
(fol. 228) 'Extracts etc. from the Register Book of the Abby of Haghmon.'.