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" 1794. The annals of agriculture for the last century have not 

 exhibited an instance of so heavy a harvest having been housed, in 

 this kingdom, within so short a period as that of the present year ; 

 the corn and grain of every kind were housed and completed in the 

 parish of Alrewas by the 16th of August. 



" This year six troops of yeoman cavalry were raised for the 

 use of the county of Stafford, and they were trained and disciplined 

 on Fradley Heath. 



" 1795. On Tuesday, February 10th, a great flood succeeded a 

 sudden thaw : great damage was done by the amazing quantity of 

 ice and waters to several bridges. It is very remarkable, amongst 

 such a variety of damage done to bridges in several parts of 

 England, that Salter's bridge over the river Tame, in the parish of 

 Alrewas, sustained very little damage, which is supposed to be 

 preserved by the extensive breadth of the centre arch, and the great 

 sweep that it commands. 



" 1795. On Thursday, November 5th, about midnight, a violent 

 storm of rain and wind happened in the parish of Alrewas, and 

 places adjacent ; during the course of the night, or rather next 

 morning, before day-light, several trees were blown down in the 

 said parish. 



" November 18th. Another violent storm, which was followed 

 by an earthquake/* 



Among the casualties recorded in the parish register of Alrewas, 

 it appears that no less than fifteen persons were drowned in the 

 Trent, Tame, and Canal, in the course of the eighteenth century. 



Croxall is a small parish, situated mostly in Derbyshire, and 

 therefore properly belongs to the history of that county. 



BROMLEY REGIS, or KING'S BROMLEY. This village is situated 

 higher up the river Trent than Airewas. According to Doomsday- 

 hook, it belonged to Earl Harold, in the reign of Edward the Con- 

 fessor. At the Conquest it became the property of the Crown, 

 and continued so till the reign of Henry III. when it passed to 

 the Corbets, several of whom were knights and high sheriffs of 

 the county. 



In the sixth year of the reign of Edward the Fourth, this manor 

 was sold by Robert Corbet, Esq. to William Praers ; on his demise, 

 it devolved to Alice, his sister and heir, who was married to Mr. 

 Patriche. It was sold on the 2d of May, 1569, by Edward Patriche, 

 to Francis Agard, of Ireland, for the sum of .1,240. 



In 1573, the manor of Bromley Regis comprised 100 messuages, 



