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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whereof two-thirds are pasture, and the remainder arable. Coal-mines have been wrought from time immemorial; conveyance … from Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, in exchange for coal obtained on the estate. The mansion forms one of the … implements of husbandry, in which, and in the neighbouring coal, lead, and lime works, a great portion of the population …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wollaton. This lordship, which is small, abounds in pit-coal; it is owned by Lord Middleton, and is old enclosure.The … with, it is said, came from Ancaster, in exchange for pit-coal. Sir Francis Willoughby, the builder of this mansion, … ostentation. "Wollaton," says Camden, "is rich in seams of coal where Sir Francis Willoughby, knight, nobly descended …
A History of the County of Oxford
… installed the first steam-driven machinery and by 1811 coal was being brought weekly by barge via the Oxford canal … and in 1980 the Wolvercote mill was bought by Star Paper Ltd. of Blackburn (Lancs.), which increased production. In … Feb. 1972; Clarendonian, xxxiii (1); inf. from Star Paper Ltd., Feniscowles, Blackburn, Lancs. Cart. St. Frid. i, p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by several tramways communicating with the extensive coal and iron mines at Ketley and in the neighbourhood, which … partly to the poor rate and partly to the distribution of coal. Womenswould (St. Margaret) WOMENSWOULD ( St. Margaret), … is Honey-street wharf: a considerable trade in timber and coal is carried on, and a great number of canal boats and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 2651. W. K. V. Gale and C. R. Nicholls, The Lilleshall Co. Ltd.: a Hist. 1764-1964 (1979), 34-5; below, Wrockwardine …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1882 and 1902, when the mill pond was filled in. 21 Coal and ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the … priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is likely that both coal and ironstone, found in alternate bands, were raised. … 1948 a separate company, the Lilleshall Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., was set up in anticipation of iron and steel …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… earlier 16th century the priory was exploiting the local coal and ironstone reserves. 94 Early lay settlement in the … Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, 404-5. Below, Econ. Hist. (Coal and Ironstone; Iron and Steel). T.S.A.S. xi. 325, 329, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle Coal Measures. The coal measures outcrop either side of the band: to the … Snedshill. The Greyhound and Lightmoor faults cross the Coal Measures from south-west to north-east; south-east of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the Wellington (Salop) … the Hadley, Trench, and Wrockwardine Wood Lighting Co. Ltd. supplied gas to Oakengates urban district council. 35 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Shifnal club. 78 Oakengates Town Football & Sports Co. Ltd. ran a football team between c. 1926 and 1937, probably …