Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xix, 377 pages, many illustrations, maps and plans. Ex-library copy, virtually uncirculated, dust wrapper in plastic cover. Volume XI, relating to an area between the left bank of the Severn and the Weald Moors, covers most of the east Shropshire coalfield. Two parishes from the borough of Wenlock and eight from Bradford hundred contributed territory to Telford New Town and the volume opens with an account of the town's planning and growth since designation (as Dawley) in 1963. Prehistoric settlement centred on the Wrekin in the late Iron Age. Uxacona stood on Watling Street,which crosses the area. Post-Roman settlement was earliest north of Watling Street; to the south settlements were smaller in woodland cleared at a later date. Lilleshall abbey, Wombridge priory, and other monasteries nearby had large interests in the area's growth. Wenlock priory established a market at Madeley in 1269 but Wellington proved a more successful town, becoming one of Shropshire's three largest in the 18th century. The area cradled the Industrial Revolution. Seventeenth-century coal and iron works grew rapidly after the 13th-century innovations, of the Darbys of Coalbrookdale, and the Iron Bridge (opened 1780) symbolizes the area's entrepreneurial talent. From c.1850, however, and despite the growth of Oakengates, the area declined; it has been ...

Published for The Institute Of Historical Research by Oxford University Press, Date: 1985. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback edition in the Victoria History Of The Counties Of England series, 1985, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed and slightly tanned to spine and edges; red cloth boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. 1985. Published for The Institute Of Historical Research by Oxford University Press ISBN 0197227635 9780197227633 [GB]

London: Oxford University Press, Date: 1985. Oversized gold embossed hardcover, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Volume XI. Shelf wear to the jacket, including some small marks, creasing and nicks to the edges and a few small tears. Page block is discoloured. The boards, pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used. 1985. Oxford University Press ISBN 0197227635 9780197227633 [GB]

Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Date: 1985. Hardcover. New. 416 pages. 11.42x8.66x1.50 inches. 1985. Boydell & Brewer Ltd ISBN 0197227635 9780197227633 [GB]