Transcribed from the 1908 Whitehead Bros. edition by DavidPrice,
[Copyright]
The
Annals of Willenhall
—by—
Frederick Wm.Hackwood
AUTHOR OF
“The Chronicles of CannockChase,” “Wednesbury Ancient and Modern,”
“The Story of the Black Country,”“Staffordshire Stories,”
&c., &c.
“I cannot tell bywhat charm our native soil captivates us,
and does not allow us to be forgetful of it.”—Ovid.
Wolverhampton:
whitehead bros.,
St. John’s Square and King Street.
1908.
p. iiiCONTENTS.
Chapter. | Page. |
I.—Willenhall—Its Name and Antiquity | |
II.—The Battle of Wednesfield | |
III.—The Saxon Settlement | |
IV.—The Founding of Wulfruna’s Church, a.d. 996 | |
V.—The Collegiate Establishment | |
VI.—Willenhall at the Norman Conquest(1066–1086) | |
VII.—A Chapel and a Chantry at Willenhall | |
VIII.—Willenhall in the Middle Ages | |
IX.—The Levesons and other Old WillenhallFamilies | |
X.—Willenhall Endowments at the Reformation | |
XI.—How the Reformation Affected Willenhall | |
XII.—Before the Reformation—and After | ... |