Wroot

St Pancras church pictured in snow 

 Wroot or Wroote, as it has sometimes been written, stands isolated at the edge of the Isle. Not so isolated as when it was an island, but still out of the way even today. An explanation given for the village’s name is  that it was derived from the Old English ‘Wrot’ (meaning ‘a snout-like spur of land).  It stands on rising ground, now surrounded by flat fields and famous in past days for rhubarb and celery growing. Before the drainage it could only be reached by boatIn a deed of Roger de Mowbray early in the reign of Henry II, he left all his possessions at Wroot to God and the monks of St. Mary atYork. In 1411 Hugo de Waterton, Lord of the Manor of Wroot married Ellen, daughter of Robert Mowbray. It was confiscated by Henry VIII and later Charles II sold it to Vermuyden. Later the property passed into the hands of the Harvey family.  The church of St. Pancras was rebuilt in 1794 and again in 1879 and incorporates portions of the 14C church. John Wesley was curate at Wroot for two years from 1728. In the 1800s, Wroot had both Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, but what remains today is Wroot Methodist Church, which was constructed in the latter part of the 19th Century.

                                                                                                                          The school and school house 

                                                                                                                                                               The Church

 The Cross Keys on the right

  Another Church view                                                                     The Vicarage