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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ecclesiastical district, partly in the township of Little Hulton, parish of Deane, and partly in the township of … several extensive manufactories and coalstaiths. Walker colliery is the property of Captain Potts and Messrs. Jobling … quality, is chiefly sent to the London market. In this colliery is a salt-spring, which was used in the manufacture …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… prior to the Dissolution, appropriated to Birkenhead Abbey, but no traces exist of them, though a path is still … also two schools, for one of which the owners of the colliery provide the schoolroom. The site of the Roman wall … and mechanic; and John de Wallingford, a monk of the same abbey, are supposed to have been natives of the town. Joan, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… houses, inhabited chiefly by persons engaged in the mines and in weaving, and by agricultural labourers, and … form among the rocks, mixed with sand and gravel. The lead-mines, which are the property of the Duke of Buccleuch, were … the advowson of the church, granted by Robert I. to the abbey of Melrose, to which it continued to be annexed till …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Peels, and were carried on by them. There are also a colliery, and four stone-quarries. A district church … vicinity are large limestonequarries; and some extensive mines of coal and ironstone, with both which the … an old mansion, formerly a priory subordinate to Ixworth Abbey, and in which, while under repair, several relics of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… drain-pipes at a works in Shelfield. 1 The Walsall Wood Colliery Co. opened a brickworks at Paul's Coppice in the … branch canal. The lease was assigned to the Walsall Wood Colliery Co. in 1876. 8 The Deep Coal was reached in 1877 at … coalfield. 9 Production began in 1879. 10 In 1899 the colliery was producing up to 4,000 tons a week, 11 and c. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to the building of the railway; in addition Walsall Wood Colliery was opened then. By 1891 the population had reached … Wood Common. 33 In the later 1870s too Walsall Wood Colliery was opened at Paul's Coppice. 34 Development … estate was being built over the site of Walsall Wood Colliery. Clayhanger in the north occurs as arable, pasture, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… William Lyle of Moxhull in Wishaw (Warws.) gave Halesowen abbey (Worcs.) a rent-charge of 9 marks from the manor of … By will proved in 1963 John Picken of Bloxwich, a retired colliery-timber sawyer, left £100 for the general charitable …
A History of the County of Stafford
… le Rous granted the church to the Premonstratensian abbey of Halesowen (Worcs.) to enable it to meet the demands … the grant in 1233, and in 1235 the pope licensed the abbey to take possession of the church on its next vacancy, … confirmed in 1255. 96 but in 1278, after a dispute, the abbey was released from payment. 97 In 1489 Halesowen was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… agreed c. 1300 to share the profits of coal and ironstone mines, and in leases of land at Birchills in 1326 and 1327 … presence of minerals at Goscote was known by 1776, and a colliery was opened there c. 1794. 62 Most parts of the … D. 260/M/E/425/12. See p. 214. C 60/12 m. 4. Westminster Abbey Muniments, 6045. Cal. Chart. R. 1341-1417, 485. Staffs. …