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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… district, gives it many advantages. A branch of the Old Birmingham canal, which comes up to the west end of the town, … mile distant, is the Walsall station of the Liverpool and Birmingham railway. In 1846 an act was passed for a railway …
A History of the County of Stafford
… there was opened in 1879; designed by D. Shenton Hill of Birmingham, it is a brick building with rendered walls and … Shelfield passed back into the care of the archdiocese of Birmingham. In 1932 the church of St. Francis was opened on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was converted into a rent-charge of £5 on property in Birmingham. By 1804 payment was confined to the borough. Each …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was designed by Davies & Middleton of Dudley and Birmingham and completed in 1877. The apsidal chancel was … English style by a Mr. Naden (probably Thomas Naden) of Birmingham. 20 It consists of chancel, north vestry, south … Lich. Dioc. Mag. 1885, 142. Ibid. 1883, 29; 1887, 35; Birmingham Daily Gaz. 17 Aug. 1886; Walsall Observer, 14 Dec. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… several roads—from Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield (Warws.), Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Darlaston, … Walsall was passed, dealing with part of the road to Birmingham and with the roads to Sutton Coldfield and to … 1788. 46 A toll-gate was erected at the junction with the Birmingham road under the Act of 1748, the only gate which …
A History of the County of Stafford
… appear to show that it extended from the Wednesbury to the Birmingham road, but the combined field may have been meant. … the coming of railways had diverted most of the trade to Birmingham and Wolverhampton. 14 In 1845 the corporation … leased mines in the Caldmore area to John Jennens, a Birmingham ironmonger, requiring him to use the ore in his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… attend the deaf, dumb, and blind institutes at Edgbaston, Birmingham. 62 The borough opened a special open-air school … secondary school. In 1965 the secondary school moved to Birmingham Street, the junior school to Springhill Road, and … and in 1973-4 additional buildings were being completed in Birmingham Street opposite those of 1965. 29 The Dissenting …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1866 to 1869 in Doveridge Place and from 1869 to 1873 in Birmingham Road, and attended the grammar school from 1870 to … Township of Boro. and Township of Foreign of Walsall (Birmingham, 1816; copy in W.C.L.). Part at least of Butts Rd. … Walsall Brook was in use by the late 18th century: Aris's Birmingham Gaz. 1 Sept. 1766; S.R.O., Q/SB, A. 1781. Eng. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Stafford General Infirmary from its opening in 1766 and to Birmingham General Hospital by 1803. 64 In 1812 the vestry … and Goodall Streets acquired by the corporation from the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Co. in 1876. 91 The … Township of Boro. and Township of Foreign of Walsall (Birmingham, 1816; copy in W.C.L.). Sims, Cal. of Deeds, p. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1945; ex inf. Mr. G. C. Trentham of Fleetwood & Co. of Birmingham (1974). Ex inf. (1974) Mr. and Mrs. S. Wrathmell, … see below pp. 233, 273. S.R.O., D. 260/M/T/2/74. Aris's Birmingham Gaz. 21 Mar. 1763, 1 Feb. 1768; W.S.L. 67/20/22, … Abstract of title 1815, ff. 8-9. Ibid. ff. 11-13; Aris's Birmingham Gaz. 1 Mar. 1790. Abstract of title 1815, ff. …