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 Families | 41 |
X.—Willenhall Endowments at the Reformation | 48 |
XI.—How the Reformation Affected Willenhall | 52 |
XII.—Before the Reformation—and After | 57 |
XIII.—A Century of Wars, Incursions, and Alarms (1640–1745) | 65 |
XIV.—Litigation Concerning the Willenhall Prebend (1615–1702) | 72 |
XV.—Willenhall Struggling to be a Free Parish | 77 |
XVI.—Dr. Richard Wilkes, of Willenhall (1690–1760) | 82 |
XVII.—Willenhall “Spaw” | 90 |
XVIII.—The Benefice | 95 |
XIX.—How a Flock Chose its own Shepherd | 103 |
XX.—The Election of 1894, and Since | 110 |
XXI.—Willenhall Church Endowments | 116 |
XXII.—The Church Charities: the Daughter Churches | 129 |
XXIII.—The Fabric of the Church | 135 |
XXIV.—Dissent, Nonconformity, and Philanthrophy | 143 |
XXV.—Manorial Government | 148 |
XXVI.—Modern Self-Government | 153 |
XXVII.—The Town of Locks and Keys | 158 |
XXVIII.—Willenhall in Fiction | 167 |
XXIX.—Bibliography | 175 |
XXX.—Topography | 179 |
XXXI.—Old Families and Names of Note | 184 |
XXXII.—Manners and Customs | 187 |