Ryton on Dunsmore. Wroth silver ceremony

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Date:1899

Description:Gathering of men on Knightlow Hill (no longer so named), Ryton on Dunsmore, for the wroth silver ceremony. A tradition of payment, for the use of fields or roadways, that may date back to Saxon times. St Martins'day. 1899

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1890s

Ryton on Dunsmore. Wroth silver ceremony

Gathering of men on Knightlow Hill (no longer so named), Ryton on Dunsmore, for ...

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1930s

Ryton on Dunsmore. Payment of wroth silver

"Wroth Silver" ceremony on St Martin's Day (11th November), Ryton on Dunsmore. ...

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1940s

Ryton on Dunsmore. "Wroth Silver"

Gathering on Knightlow Hill (no longer so named), Ryton on Dunsmore, for the wroth ...

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