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A History of the County of Oxford
… which was called the port street (i.e. paved road to the market town) in 1004, 61 divides Wolvercote from Cutteslowe; … said in the 19th century to have been 'once the regular market road to Oxford', but had the disadvantage of crossing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… established here in 1818. At Oaken-Gates a small customary market is held. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the … affords employment to forty persons. Charles II. granted a market and fair to be kept at Shimley-Green, in the parish; … (St. Paul) WOOBURN ( St. Paul), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Wycombe, hundred of Desborough, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Accordingly in 1859 the area north of Hartshill and Market Street, on the Watling Street, and west of Harts …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Both companies had stations in Oakengates: Oakengates Market Street (L.N.W.R.) closed for passengers in 1952 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a three-day week as cheap foreign steel took over the home market. In 1922 the converters at Priorslee were shut, and … on its Stafford Park industrial estate, Priorslee. 99 Market and fairs. About 1826, when William Charlton of Apley began to patronize Oakengates, 1 a market place was formed on the south (or Shifnal) side of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… little cohesion, and only in the mid 19th century, when a market was established and the railways arrived, did …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway boards and usually had … at the Coffee Palace but soon moved to rented offices in Market Street. Its offices were in Oxford Street c. 1905- c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A chapel for the Primitives was built on the south side of Market Street in 1845, only to be demolished in advance of … the first being held in a room in the Charlton Arms, Market Street. A Sunday school began at the same time. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… colliers' daughters who had spent the summer working in market gardens around London would traditionally return for … the annual works' holiday. Like Oakengates Saturday night market, a leading social and commercial attraction throughout … 75 There was a circulating library at Ferriday's in Market Street in 1937. 76 The Wolverhampton owners of the …