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Title: The Annals of Willenhall

Author: Frederick William Hackwood

Release Date: March 17, 2010 [eBook #31675]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

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Transcribed from the 1908 Whitehead Bros. edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org

[COPYRIGHT]

THE
ANNALS OF WILLENHALL

--BY--

FREDERICK WM. HACKWOOD

AUTHOR OF

"The Chronicles of Cannock Chase," "Wednesbury Ancient and Modern,"
"The Story of the Black Country," "Staffordshire Stories,"
&c., &c.

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"I cannot tell by what charm our native soil captivates us,
and does not allow us to be forgetful of it."

--_Ovid_.

[Picture: Seal of Willenhall Local Authority]

Wolverhampton:
WHITEHEAD BROS.,
St. John's Square and King Street.

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1908.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.
I.--Willenhall--Its Name and Antiquity 1
II.--The Battle of Wednesfield 5
III.--The Saxon Settlement 11
IV.--The Founding of Wulfruna's Church, A.D. 996 17
V.--The Collegiate Establishment 22
VI.--Willenhall at the Norman Conquest (1066-1086) 27
VII.--A Chapel and a Chantry at Willenhall 32
VIII.--Willenhall in the Middle Ages 37
IX.--The Levesons and other Old Willenhall Famili