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Buildwas, the Glossary

Buildwas is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the north bank of the River Severn at.^[1]

39 relations: Atcham, Bishop of Lichfield, Buildwas Abbey, Buildwas railway station, Cistercians, Civil parish, Congregation of Savigny, Dissolution of the monasteries, Domesday Book, English Heritage, Handicraft, Ironbridge, Ironbridge Gorge, Ironbridge power stations, Listed buildings in Buildwas, Manorialism, Michael Cobb (railway historian), Monastic grange, P. G. Wodehouse, Postal code, Reeve (England), River Severn, Roger de Clinton, Royal Mail, Severn Valley Railway, Shilling, Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency), Shropshire, Shropshire (district), Shropshire Council, Staffordshire, Telford, Telford and Wrekin Council, Telford Steam Railway, Thomas Telford, Truss bridge, Villein, Wellington to Craven Arms Railway, 2001 United Kingdom census.
Ironbridge Gorge

Atcham

Atcham is a village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Buildwas and Atcham are civil parishes in Shropshire, Populated places on the River Severn and villages in Shropshire.

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Bishop of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.

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Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey was a Cistercian (originally Savigniac) monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas in Shropshire, England - today about west of Ironbridge. Buildwas and Buildwas Abbey are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Buildwas railway station

Buildwas railway station was an isolated junction railway station on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway and Severn Valley Railway. Buildwas and Buildwas railway station are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Congregation of Savigny

The monastic Congregation of Savigny (Savigniac Order) started in the abbey of Savigny, situated in northern France, on the confines of Normandy and Brittany, in the Diocese of Coutances.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Handicraft

A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, clay, etc.

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Ironbridge

Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. Buildwas and Ironbridge are Ironbridge Gorge and Populated places on the River Severn.

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Ironbridge Gorge

The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England.

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Ironbridge power stations

The Ironbridge power stations (also known as the Buildwas power stations) refers to two power stations that occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. Buildwas and Ironbridge power stations are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Listed buildings in Buildwas

Buildwas is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

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Michael Cobb (railway historian)

Michael Cobb FRICS (10 September 1916 – 23 June 2010) was a British Army officer, cartographer, and railway historian who in 2003 published the monumental work The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas, which set out to map and record every railway station and line in existence in Britain between 1807 and 1994.

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Monastic grange

Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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Reeve (England)

In Anglo-Saxon England, a reeve (Old English) was an administrative official serving the king or a lesser lord in a variety of roles.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain. Buildwas and river Severn are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Roger de Clinton

Roger de Clinton (died 1148) was a medieval Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

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Royal Mail

The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates. Buildwas and Severn Valley Railway are Ironbridge Gorge.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Shrewsbury and Atcham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Shropshire (district)

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England.

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Shropshire Council

Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Telford

Telford is a town in Shropshire, England.

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Telford and Wrekin Council

Telford and Wrekin Council is the local authority of Telford and Wrekin in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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Telford Steam Railway

The Telford Steam Railway (TSR) is a heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire, England, formed in 1976.

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Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer.

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Truss bridge

A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units.

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Villein

A villein is a class of serf tied to the land under the feudal system.

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Wellington to Craven Arms Railway

The Wellington to Craven Arms Railway was formed by a group of railway companies that eventually joined the Great Western Railway family, and connected Wellington, Shropshire and Shifnal, with Coalbrookdale, Buildwas, Much Wenlock and a junction near Craven Arms.

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2001 United Kingdom census

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildwas

Also known as Buildwas Bridge, Buildwas Primary School.

Buildwas, the Glossary

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Ironbridge Gorge

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