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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Union. (Devizes and the constituent parishes of Devizes R.D., see below, p. 333.) Decrease in several parishes due to … attributed to the proximity of this parish to Swindon G.W.R. station. Melksham. Decrease attributed to diminished …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… given here was written in 1974. Finberg, Early Charters of W. Midlands, p. 31. Bodl. MS. Top. Glouc. c. 3, f. 163v. … 81. Census, 1901, 1911. Ibid. 1931. Ibid. (pt. ii); cf. G.D.R., T 1/178. Geol. Surv. Map 1", solid, sheet 34 (1857 edn.). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1857, was built. The line was taken over by the G.W.R. in 1867, the connexion between Thame and Oxford having …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… road began to decline as a coach route in 1840 when the G.W.R. opened a railway line from London to Swindon. 23 Although …
A History of the County of Warwick
… principal industry here. 108 Richard Quiney speaks of 'O r houses made to noe other use then maltinge' and complains … the town is 'deceived by reson of contreye malte kylnes w ch make ther owne Benifytt in malting ther Barley att home, … more in evidence than at Stratford. It occurs also, e.g. at Salford Priors, Wellesbourne, Hampton Lucy, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1935, and the two Wilton stations, which served the former G.W. and L. & S.W. Railways stand on the far side of the Warminster road. The former G.W.R. station was closed in 1955. 54 The first reservoir and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… see below p. 17. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 167v. Trans. B.G.A.S. lxvi. 145. The precise date is uncertain. The change … when local officials of the Duchy in Glos. were appointed: R. Somerville, Hist. of the Duchy of Lancaster, i. 140-53. … Rom. Roads, ii, pp. 59-60, 61-62. MacDermot, Hist. G.W.R. i. 859, 865, 574; ii. 602. Trans. B.G.A.S. lxvi. 170-98. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the hundred found work in Gloucester or Stroud, or in the R.A.F. depot, the light engineering factories, and the … 1327, 51. Ibid. 6-7; Smith, Men and Armour, 18, 27. e.g. Glos. R.O., D 149/M 5. e.g. Glos. Subsidy Roll, 1327, 50; … Hadfield, Canals of S. England, 63. C. Hadfield, Canals of W. Midlands, 118. MacDermot, Hist. G.W.R., i. 453. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… line was completed and the London Road station on the L.N.W.R.'s Birmingham line was opened. Bicester North station was opened by the G.W.R. in 1906. 15 Co-operation between the rival companies …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… garden front in Jacobean style was added by the owner, W. R. Lysaght, in 1912. 72 Other additions were made c. 1960 … Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 164; see below, p. 107. Census, 1891. G.D.R. Tidenham tithe award. See p. 74. E 32/30 m. 21 and d. …