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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Charities CHARITIES. A distribution to the poor of corn from Woolaston … confusion with a distribution of the Clayton and Smart charities. Valor Eccl.(Rec.Com.), iv.371; Hockaday Abs. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Dean Forest in order to check the felling of timber, coal-mining, and iron-works, which had become more extensive … Madgett, Woolaston Woodside, and near Cone Mill. A former coal-pit a short distance south of Whitewalls farm was then … in 1856, a threshing machine contractor, a haulier, a coal merchant, and a corn-dealer in 1876, and a mason in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The cottagers found employment in the woods, quarries, and coal mines of the Forest of Dean and Tidenham Chase, but the … year clothing and blanket clubs were established and a coal club was in existence. 99 A Memorial Hall was built in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… school and teacher's house became a private dwelling. CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Joan Jeanes (d. 1767) gave £50 for the … in 1859. In the later 19th century the income from those charities, totalling c. £10, was distributed in cash or … was distributed as a bonus to members of the Woolavington Charities Savings Club; the rest was given to widows. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 6 probably stood at Wootton Bassett. 7 In the 19th century coal was unloaded at Wootton Rivers wharf on the Kennet & … and 43 in 1937-8. 82 The school was closed in 1979. 83 CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Boys born on the land of Wootton … the duchess. 85 Probably in 1901 a Mrs. Merriman endowed a coal charity for the poor of Wootton Rivers. It and an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… land. The mineral productions are of minor importance. Coal is obtained in the north-western part of the county, … for some centuries; there is also an iron-foundry, and coal-mines are wrought within a quarter of a mile. The river … of five lights, are filled with painted glass. Various charities belong to the parish. Out of the surplus funds of …