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A History of the County of Chester
… Twentieth century Chester 1914-2000 Chester and the second world war CHESTER AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR … of war. R.A.F. Sealand was established at Queensferry in 1933 as a flying training school, and during the war … at Broughton and Vickers-Armstrong near Hawarden, both in Flintshire. 16 In 1936 the council established an air-raid …
A History of the County of Chester
… Twentieth century Chester 1914-2000 The economy, 1918-39 THE ECONOMY, 1918-39 In 1919 the medical officer of health described Chester as … on visitors, whether shoppers or tourists, was highlighted in 1920 by the Daily Despatch, which described Chester as 'a …
A History of the County of Chester
… Twentieth century Chester 1914-2000 The economy, 1945-74 THE ECONOMY, 1945-74 After the war Chester's prosperity remained broadly based. 14 In the early 1950s the city still had some oldestablished … last three firms employed over 3,500 workers between them in 1951, the first three had only 500. In the same year there …
A History of the County of Chester
… Twentieth century Chester 1914-2000 The economy, 1974-2000 THE ECONOMY, 1974-2000 In the last quarter of the 20th century Chester enhanced its … and mainly dependent on a wide range of employment in retailing, tourism, the professions, and the public …
The Environs of London
… Norden says, that this place is so called, either for that the Thames seems to be divided into two rivers by reason of … amnes situm, a place scytuate between two rivers;" but in several very antient records, antecedent to the conquest, I find it written Twitham, or Twittanham, and in one Twiccanham 1. Situation. Boundaries. Extent. This …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… There is no reliable evidence from which to assess the number of people in Twickenham during the Middle Ages. The first figure … (1922). See p. 150. H. W. Dickinson, 'Hist. of Vitriol manufacture in Eng.' Trans. Newcomen Soc. xviii. 46; Letitia …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Twickenham Mills MILLS. During the Middle Ages the people of Twickenham used the mills attached to Isleworth manor. 84 In the 14th century one of these was a windmill, 85 which may … before 1757 as a corn-mill and was converted to the manufacture of gunpowder in 1768. 1 It was at this mill that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Tywardreth Tydd (St. Giles) TYDD ( St. Giles), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of … remainder pasture. About 2000 hands are employed in six cotton-mills, and the rest of the population is engaged in …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Wells, Kent, Tunbridge-ware manufacturer (182934). Named in the Speldhurst rate bks in 1829. [D; Kent RO, P344/11/1] … and announced that he has added to his Establishment the manufacture of BEDS, MATTRESSES, PAILLASSES, & SEA BEDDING, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ubberley - Ugthorpe U Ubberley UBBERLEY, a township, in the parish and union of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. division of the … Ubbeston (St. Peter) UBBESTON ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blything, E. division of Suffolk, …