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A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich poor-law union was formed in 1836, from the Staffordshire parishes of West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had purchased Sandwell and decided to make it his Staffordshire seat. In 1703 William Smith of Tettenhall, the … an article on the house for the Transactions of the South Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 84-5. F. A. Homer and C. S. James, Pedigree of Turton of Staffordshire &c. (priv. print. 1924), 4 (copy in B.R.L.). …
A History of the County of Stafford
… brother John preached there in January 1743, and the first Staffordshire society was then formed at Crabb's Mill Farm, … 1715 the Presbyterians of West Bromwich, like others in Staffordshire, suffered at the hands of the mob. Early in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich lies within the area supplied by the South Staffordshire Water Works Co., which opened its first works … in Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. 85 The Birmingham & Staffordshire Gas Light Co. was established by an Act of 1825 … of the West Midlands Gas Board. 89 In 1883 the South Staffordshire Electric Lighting Co. Ltd. was authorized to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Roman Catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. A Puritan survey of Staffordshire in 1604 reported 'many popish' in West …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Astbury became the sole proprietor in 1903. 48 The South Staffordshire Newspaper and Printing Co. Ltd. was formed in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the early 19th century, 52 and the Birmingham & Staffordshire Gas Light Company built its works at Swan …