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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… years before); the debtors' sitting-rooms still lacked gas-light, which meant, as he had explained two years … the cells were heated, and two-thirds of them lighted with gas; and the prisoners were set to productive work, including …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and sub-area headquarters at Newbury and Bournemouth. The Gas Act of 1948 170 transferred all the gas undertakings (formerly privately owned, with the exception of the municipal gas works at Devizes) to the South-Western (Bath) or Southern …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… houses erected: the whole is well paved, and lighted with gas; and the inhabitants are amply supplied with water from …
Survey of London
… to enlarge the revenue from it. In 185860 they installed gas lighting; when the demolition of Hungerford Market for …
Old and New London
… Grisi 3,106. The orchestra cost 10,048; the ballet, 8,105; gas and gasmen, 1,927; properties, 1,920; carpenters' work, …
Survey of London
… the most superb description; illumined by two circles of gas lights: the remainder of the ceiling is a light blue sky, … illuminated by an immense crystal chandelier lit by gas and suspended centrally from the ceiling. Supplementary … first opened, it was illuminated by a large and splendid gas-lit lustre, composed of strings of crystals in three …
A History of the County of Sussex
… electricity became available under a scheme of 1927 97 and gas under an order of 1936; piped water was supplied by 1938, … Charterhouse. W.S.R.O., RD/HO 53/4. Hassocks & Dist. Gas Order, 1936; Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1938). O.S. Map 6", …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but contains some well-built houses, is lighted with gas, and amply supplied with water. The trade is now …
A History of the County of Oxford
… west of the mill, and, before 1917, a powerful suction gas plant. 172 Most, including wooden former bleaching sheds …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the new town required plans to be made for enlarging the gas-producing plant at Redhill and increasing the storage … of Horley gasworks (both in Surrey). 68 A high-pressure gas main from Croydon to Crawley was begun c. 1949 69 and …