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A History of the County of Shropshire
… was also an Oakengates Unionist Club. 70 A mechanics' institute was erected in 1855, 71 and in 1877 an Oakengates Literary Institute was meeting. 72 The Priorslee Institute was … hobby, as it had been throughout the century. 83 A large temperance meeting place, the Coffee Palace, served …
A History of the County of Essex
… opened by the council in 1955. 132 The Wilfred Lawson temperance hotel, founded by Andrew Johnston and erected in a … was begun in 1828, 135 and by 1863 there was a literary institute, which seems to have closed by 1870. 136 Woodford … is available, 139 some organizations, such as the Women's Institute, being particularly strong. 140 Many of Woodford's …
A History of the County of Essex
… until its purchase by the New Apostolic church. An institute was added in 1920. In 1930 Ray Lodge Congregational …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the corner block was occupied by the Woodstock Literary Institute, 50 perhaps from its foundation in 1852 when the … family were owners from c. 1860 until the closure of the Institute in 1894. In the early 20th century the corner block …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mentioned in 1787 and the 1820s. 64 The Woodstock Literary Institute, at first called the Mechanics' Institute, was established c. 1852 with 60 subscribers and a … Revd. John Carlyle, schoolmaster. 66 Proposals to move the Institute to the town hall in 1868 failed, 67 but in 1894 the …