the future prosperity of an ingenious community, like that of the skilled
mechanics and deft craftsmen of this township, is assured. Impressed
with such certitude it is all but a work of supererogation to echo the
patriotic sentiment of the old-time townsfolk--
"LET WILLENHALL FLOURISH!"
* * * * *
THE END.
INDEX
Ablow Field 7, 10
Agmund 8
Aldhelm 18
Ames 75, 77, 137
Anlaf 8
Annes, St. 110-2, 134
Anson (Lichfield) 128, 139, 152
Arley 14, 18, 27-8
Aston 34
Austin 165, 184
Badland 62-4, 95-6
Baker 106, 149
Barnard 128
Barr 114
Bate 132
Beating Bounds 24-6, 187
Beaumont 46, 58-9, 60-1
Beneting 8
Bentley 17, 25, 27-8, 31, 39, 44, 65, 67, 70, 72, 77, 81-82, 109, 110,
120-1, 125, 127-8, 126, 140, 143, 151-2, 175, 182, 184
Beogitha's Stream 29
Bescot 17
Bilbrook 28, 93
Bilston 12, 14, 18, 26-8, 34, 37, 40, 51, 56, 66, 77-81, 85, 93, 135,
137-8, 156, 161
Blakenhall 14
Bloxwich 14, 17-8, 25, 30, 39, 134, 189
Booth 137
Boscobel 69-70
Bradford 74
Bradley 26, 175
Brewood 4, 93, 162
Brideoak 73
Bromehall 51, 95
Browning 34, 95
Burnell 40
Burton 21
Bushbury 4, 9, 14, 24, 27, 38, 46, 56, 66, 68-9, 71, 98, 113
Callendine 74
Canals 127, 133, 155, 157
Cannock 2, 19, 24-5, 38-9, 41, 45, 135, 148, 151
Carpenter 144, 147, 158, 161-3, 165, 178, 184
Carter 96, 164
Catchem's Corner 26
Chartley 83
Chatterton 175
Chillington 14, 84, 121, 149
Chubb 160
Churchwardens 26, 79, 105, 112, 129, 130, 132, 153
Clarke 114
Clement 42, 72
Clemson 139, 186
Clent 37, 64
Cleveland 107, 128
Codsall 14, 30, 56, 93-4, 137
Coseley 145
Cote 28
Courts (Leet, &c.) 23, 148-153, 156, 182
Coven 38
Cozens 175
Cuddlestone 27-8
Darlaston 14, 38, 40, 45, 65, 82, 92, 98, 103, 106, 137, 143-4, 156, 164,
172, 174-5, 180, 184
Davies 114, 125
Dean (of Wolverhampton) 22-4, 28, 30, 34-6, 39, 49, 50-1, 55, 72-9
Delves 2
De Willenhall, John 37, 42
,, Roger 37
Dudley 39, 46, 51-2, 58, 64-6, 69, 90, 137, 172
Duignan 2, 3, 9, 19
Dunstall 14, 17, 21, 39, 93
Ecwills 8
Elfthryth 19
Essington 14, 18, 25, 27, 38, 71, 154, 157
Ettingshall 14
Etymologies 1-5, 9, 11, 13-4
Fairs, Wakes, &c. 57-61, 163, 188, 190
Featherstone, 6, 14, 18, 23-5, 28, 30, 74-6, 80
Fellows 22-3
Fisher 102, 104, 106-111, 125, 127, 134, 139, 186, 189
Fletcher 132-2, 134
Foster 144
Franchises 30
Fytzherbert 52
Garrick 88-9
Gerveyse 32-3, 116
Giffard 30, 52, 69, 71, 97, 112, 121, 123, 139, 149
Giles, St. 36, 57, 103, 105, 110-1, 133, 139, 141, 188
Gilpin 96-7
Goldthorn Hill 20, 26
Goscote 66
Gospelling 25, 26, 93
Gough 46, 66, 137, 139, 140, 147, 186
Gower 30, 47, 97, 139
Graisley 7, 20
Grosvenor 69
Guthferth 8
Halesowen 75
Haling 46-7
Hall 72, 86, 147
Hammerwich 40
Hampton 34, 39, 40, 113
Harper 42, 44, 59, 144, 164, 166
Hartill 102, 107, 111, 114, 125, 133-4, 140-2, 146, 150, 154, 163, 181,
185-6
Hascard 74
Haswic 28
Hatherton 14, 18-9, 23-4, 28, 30, 34, 72, 74-6, 80
Healfden 8
Heath Town 10, 11
Hilton 18-9, 23-4, 28, 30, 38-9, 74-6, 80, 98, 103
Hincks 105, 125, 184
Hind Brook 90
Hinton 74-5
Hobbart 76
Hocintun 28
Holbrooke 97-137
Holyoake 108
Horsley 7-10
Huntbach 6, 7, 10
Industries, Trades 31, 41, 45, 92, 106, 175, 178
Jennings 46
Johnson 88, 101, 114
Kempson 71, 161
Kenwolf 8
Kidson 147, 186
Kinvaston 14, 18, 23-5, 28, 30, 74, 76, 80
Kinver 9, 51, 185-6
Lane, Lone 30, 44, 52, 66-7, 70, 77, 95, 119, 120, 136-7, 139, 152, 175
Lawley 37, 93, 175, 177-8, 187
Leek 37
Lees 114
Leigh 66-7, 119
Leper House 94
Levison 34, 36, 39, 41-52, 55-6, 59, 60-1, 66, 68, 71-4, 97, 121, 123,
149, 150-1
Lewis 98
Lilleshall 46, 49
Little London 145, 148, 189
Little Low 7, 10
Lowhill 4, 9
Lows 6, 7, 9, 10
Loxton 177
Lutley 30, 75
Manlove 83, 85
Manningham 77
Marshall 59, 60
Matilda 37
Maxey 72
Mercia 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 21, 27, 37
Monmore 11, 16, 23-4, 30, 75-6, 93, 143, 145, 156
Moreton 98, 100-4, 106, 110, 184
Moseley 14, 19, 69, 70-1, 136
Mounsell 55, 95
Mumper's Dingle 172, 174
Nechells 9
Neptune Inn 102, 106, 149, 181-2, 189
Neve 96, 98, 103, 138
Newbolds 14
Newbrigge 38
New Invention 145, 148, 154, 183
Nicholls 114
North Low 7, 9, 10
Oakeswell 67
Ocstele, le 39
Odyes 39, 42-3
Offlow 12, 21, 27-8, 148
Ogley Hay 14, 19
Ohter 8
Oldbury 63
Oliver 1, 24, 50, 76, 89, 93, 96
Osferth 8
Padmore 95
Patent Rolls 32-3, 44
Pearce 144, 146
Pedley 130-1, 133, 144, 147
Pelsall 4, 15, 18, 25, 27, 30, 32, 55, 66, 81
Pendeford 15, 38, 40, 162
Penderel 69
Penkhull 37
Penkridge 2, 178
Penn 56, 82
Pensnett 90
Perry 161
Phillips, Claudius 88-9
Pipe Rolls 37
Pitt 67
Podmore 120-1
Portobello 134, 144-5, 148, 181
Prestwood 34, 40, 71, 113, 120, 129, 132, 151
Prosser 162
Pype 40
Railways 127, 150, 156
Rollason 64, 117, 122
Rosedale 111-2, 114, 134, 140
Rowley 37
Rubery 144
Rushall 4, 66-9
Rushbrooke 166, 185
Ryes 73
Sampson 28
Sandbeds 134, 148, 154
Scotland 15
Sedgley 13, 39, 92, 167
Seisdon 6, 12, 15, 27-8, 148
Sewall, Showells, &c. 6, 15, 93-4
Shakespeare 185
Shenstone 40
Shepwell Green 128, 132, 134
Short Heath 110-2, 133-4, 144-5, 148, 155, 164, 183
Sigeric 20-1
Slater 113, 116, 186
Soldier's Hill 9
Solly 178, 186
South Low 7, 9, 10
Spa, Holy Well, &c. 57, 90-4, 179, 187-8
Spring Vale 92
Stephen's, St. 110, 112, 133-4
Stow Heath 12, 15, 17, 30, 99, 112, 116, 122-4, 139, 148-9, 155, 182
Stowman Hill 9
Stretton 81
Sunday, St. 90-1
Sutherland 47, 112
Swynnerton 38
Symmonds 68
Tame 1, 29, 93
Tettenhall 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 17-8, 21, 28, 40, 51, 56, 137
Therferth 8
Thorneycroft 107, 165, 176-7
Tildesley 114, 144, 147, 154, 158, 163-6, 177-8, 186
Tipper 164-5
Tipton 65, 136
Tithes 48, 50, 75, 95, 107
Tomkys 44, 121, 131-2, 151, 161
Tonks 146-7, 164
Tramways 156
Trollesbury 32, 95
Tromelow 7, 10, 15
Tumuli 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Turton 47
Twyford 19
Unett 85-6, 161
Vaughan 114, 147, 164, 166, 186
Vestry 17, 26
Villiers 182, 184, 189, 190
Wakelam 182
Walker 24, 26, 61, 114, 184
Walsall 2, 4, 5, 9, 17-9, 57-9, 60-1, 68, 137, 140
Wednesbury 1, 2, 5, 12-3, 17, 27, 38, 41, 46, 57-61, 65, 67, 137, 152,
167, 180
Wednesfield 2, 5-13, 18, 31, 38-40, 66, 72, 80, 132, 135, 145, 155, 162,
l67, 172, 181
Welch 131, 133, 151, 179
Wergs 8, 15
Wesley 57, 143, 145, 152, 175, 177
West Bromwich 113
White 103-4
Whitehouse 105, 107, 144, 187
Whitegreaves 70-1
Willis 89
Wilkes 6, 7, 40, 59, 80, 82-92, 120-1, 138, 141, 144, 160, 164, 179
Willoughby de Broke 75
Windsor 19, 23, 35, 49, 51, 57, 74-5, 99
Wobaston 15, 23, 28, 30, 74-6
Woden Stone 13
Wolfric 12
Wolstanton 37
Wombourn 6, 9, 10, 15, 56
Wren 73
Wrottesley 4, 6, 7, 40, 52, 84,-5
Wulfgeal 19
Wulfruna 12, 17, 22, 92, 94
Wyndefield 39
Young 162
Footnotes:
{88} Claudy Phillips, as he was popularly called, seems to have been a
man of considerable genius, though not without some of the eccentricities
which sometimes accompany it. He was well known throughout the county,
which he used to traverse dressed at one time in laced clothes, at others
in garments which betrayed the low state of his exchequer. When drawn to
it by stress of financial embarassment, he was not above playing in the
evening at inns, and throwing himself upon the generosity of his
audiences there. As to his qualities as a musician, it is said his
_forte_ was in wild and plaintive melody, dictated by the impulses of his
own mind, and subject to none of the ordinary rules of studied
compositions; his manipulation of the violin was also distinguished for a
rapidity of execution unrivalled in those days. The handsome marble
tablet erected to his memory soon after his death, in 1732, by public
subscription, shows that he must have been held in considerable
estimation by a goodly number of admirers. Indeed, he must have been
known to some of the most prominent personages of his time, as the
following lines upon him have been variously attributed to Dr. Johnson or
to David Garrick:--
Phillips, whose touch harmonious could remove
The pangs of guilty power and hapless love,
Rest here! distrest by poverty no more,
Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before!
Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine,
Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!
(See also Oliver's "Wolverhampton," pp. 98 and 99.)