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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… de Berkway, ditto: buried in the chancel. 1391, William Lane, by the King, in right of the Earldom of March. 1402, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… savage Danes. Old authors derive the name of the town from Honey, as betokening sweetness and great might: the ancients …
A History of the County of Stafford
… were four in 1823. In 1842 there were six, in Crockett's Lane; 82 there were five there in 1851, 83 four in 1886, and … alms-houses and a matron's house were built in Cooper's Lane, Smethwick, by members of the Mitchell family in memory … bungalows enclosing a lawn. The entrance from Cooper's Lane to the north is by a covered passage between the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the schoolroom at Chance Brothers' glass-works in Spon Lane was used for church services. It was licensed in 1850 … 1969. 84 The church of ST. MATTHEW on a site in Windmill Lane given by J. W. Unett of the near-by Woodlands was … house designed by Joseph James was built in Windmill Lane to the south-west of the church in 1856-7. It was given …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as standing at the junction with what is now Brasshouse Lane. 5 The later Blue Gates hotel on the opposite side of … a toll-gate at the junction of the main road with Holly Lane and Roebuck Lane in the early 19th century: what was probably an inn …
A History of the County of Stafford
… standing on the waste, apparently on the corner of Holly Lane and the Birmingham-Dudley road, was leased out by the … or waste, c. 1 a. in extent and taken from Ruck of Stones Lane (now Lewisham Road), to Luke Pope, a Smethwick … by the beginning of the 18th century. In 1702 Charles Lane authorized the payment of £10 10 s. to the lord of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1885 by a new board school for infants in Crockett's Lane. 97 Smethwick National School or North Harborne Parish … Smethwick post office stands on the site. 3 Crockett's Lane British School. A British school for boys and girls was … opened c. 1840 in newly built schoolrooms in Crockett's Lane behind the Congregational chapel. It still existed in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1830s as Bluegate Stream) that rises to the south of Holly Lane flows through Smethwick Hall Park, part of the grounds … it is then culverted through the lower ground by Stony Lane and discharges into the Birmingham Canal and Hockley … French and Belgians whom R. L. Chance brought to the Spon Lane glass-works in 1832 provide an early example of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… representing six wards: Bearwood, Sandwell, Soho, Spon Lane, Uplands, and Victoria. 47 Smethwick put forward a … in 1927-8. 57 The court-house on the corner of Crockett's Lane and Piddock Street was built in 1931. 58 The insignia of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… north side of the canal between Soho Foundry and Rabone Lane were still undeveloped. 5 In 1842 the works passed to G. … estate, consisting of 65 a. on the west side of Holly Lane between Oldbury Road and the Halesowen boundary, passed … the farmhouse at the corner of Oldbury Road and Holly Lane, was bought by Thomas Downing and his brother George; …