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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Eccleston - Edgbaston Eccleston (St. Mary) ECCLESTON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Great Boughton, Lower … of Viscount to the Marquess of Westminster. Eccleston (St. Mary) ECCLESTON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Turner & Son) and William Richards of James Street, near St. Paul's, both of them described as makers of 'patent' gold … of George IV, and copies of the horses on the façade of St. Mark's in Venice, which were placed on the roof of his … in the end, proved advantageous to Birmingham. Faujas de St. Fond had visited Birmingham in 1784 and commented that it …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Climax Weldless Tubes, New Credenda Tube, Star Tube, and St. Helen's Tube and Metal companies. All these firms made … First World War had extended the quarter to the north of St. Paul's Square and since 1914 many factories employing … of steam-power being used in the three Birmingham wards of St. Bartholomew, Deritend, and St. Martin, as returned for …
A History of the County of Warwick
… or 'Burmigham', which was apparently in Worcestershire, on St. John the Baptist's day. 41 It was not specified which of the two feasts of St. John the Baptist was meant. This has been identified with … were royal manors which had fairs at one of the feasts of St. John the Baptist. 42 At all events, William of Birmingham …
A History of the County of Warwick
… than purely economic activities. The parish church of St. Martin seems to have been entirely rebuilt in the latter … religious endowment, the foundation of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Canterbury, occurs in the earlier part of the … occur as early as 1310 in a grant to the Hospital of St. Thomas. 82 On the other hand the common field of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… founded in 1733 by the Revd. W. Higgs, first Rector of St. Philip's, who left 550 volumes and £200 for a parochial …
A History of the County of Warwick
… whole place is made up of streets like the rue du Faubourg St. Antoine [in Paris]. It is an immense workshop, a huge … not dictation. J. C. Miller, appointed Rector of St. Martin's in 1846, awarded prizes for essays submitted by members of his St. Martin's Workingmen's Association, on the subject of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by James Hunter Tuck, who had moved from Eaton Square (St George, Hanover Sq.) and it continued until 1876. 1 Thomas …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… when he recast Chelsea's bells; peals for Kensington and St Martin-in-the-Fields were also cast there, but most of his … billiard table and cabinet makers, in Newcastle Street (St Clement Danes) in 1799, 12 and is credited as the creator … facilities was also being met at the beginning of the 21 st century by the redevelopment of the former Duke of York's …