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A History of the County of Essex
… Dyson and (Sir) George Gilbert Scott. 78 The old box-seats were replaced by modern pews providing more free …
A History of the County of Essex
… department. At the election of 1898 this group, with 29 seats, won control. Their victory, then unique in English … majority to one. 81 In 1900 the Alliance won further seats and gained control of the council. 82 It had … retained and increased their control. By 1938 they held 54 seats on the council, while the Ratepayers' Association, …