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A History of the County of Warwick
… Wills, a native of Coventry who had been ejected from Birmingham, at his residence, Whitley House, 93 and one by … of the Yearly Meeting was exceeded only by that of Birmingham. 6 In 1700 Coventry was included, with Meriden, … 24 but here, as elsewhere in Warwickshire, apart from Birmingham, 25 the Society of Friends never regained its lost …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was designed by A. Robinson, of F. B. Andrews and Son of Birmingham, 6 and was built of brown brick in a simple … were being conducted by a priest who travelled from Birmingham. 32 The first chapel, in Well Street, was open in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… ORPHAN See Sir Thomas White's Sch. FREE SCHOOL, ALLESLEY, Birmingham Rd. 1705 Orig. B; 1812 B/G; 1874 M & I; 1949 JM & … National Commercial Directory (1835-6). 25. Robson's ... Birmingham Directory, with Coventry, Dudley, etc. (1839). 26. … Directory (1850), (1851). 30. Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… about 1826. 16 When William Ullathorne (later Bishop of Birmingham and a titular archbishop) was put in charge of the … than any other Catholic church in Warwickshire apart from Birmingham; congregations of 900-1,000 were reported in 1851. … the leading Roman Catholic centre in Warwickshire outside Birmingham. 33 Only about 720, however, attended mass on a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… gravity in the midlands began to shift from Coventry to Birmingham. Coventry remained a significant industrial centre … at that time proved ephemeral. The Coventry Gazette and Birmingham Chronicle, first published in 1757, 28 probably … briefly in 1752 by John Ward, who had a theatre in Birmingham, and whose travelling company was well known in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… year was celebrated by the 'rude people' of Coventry and Birmingham in destroying the property of Roman Catholics and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… land assessed at £1,652 was acquired by the London and Birmingham Railway Company for its new line. 38 In 1844 about … Road Commissioners in 1828-9 and by the London and Birmingham Railway Company in 1834 were used in 1843 to found …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the city in 1842 the railway line from Coventry to Birmingham, which crosses the area south of Hearsall Common, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… by his will dated 1715, Dr. Christopher Horne, then of Birmingham but earlier resident in Stoke, gave as glebe to …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… Taunton, Coventree, Leeds, Manchester, Coulchester, Birmingham, Lynn, &c., would soone reape the Happy Effects, …