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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Lower Chalk used as a material for building and sculpture. Coal MoneyAn antiquarian term, derived from local usage, for …
Survey of London
… spikes or nails fixed along the top of a wall or railing. Coal-meter: one who measures or weighs coal. Coal-whipper: one who raises coal out of a ship's hold by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… spirits, and Mediterranean produce; the exports, of bark, coal, iron, and salt. The canal is a work of great magnitude, … are solely employed upon the Severn, in the trade in coal and iron from Shropshire and Staffordshire; and, … is insufficient to repay the expense of working them. Coal of a sulphureous quality abounds in almost every part of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to navigation on the upper reaches of the river. Iron and coal were brought down for use in the city's metal and … Ham and possibly at Wainlode Hill, in Norton, and using coal brought by river to fire his kilns. 97 John Blanch later …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… inn; those collected at weights at the quay on wood and coal 17 were removed from the lease in 1742, 18 the innkeeper … basis the corporation also continued its supply of cheap coal for sale to the poor. Until 1829, when it was decided to … of the industrious poor', which instituted a clothing and coal charity, but otherwise promoted only the vague aims of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1795 and Ledbury in 1798. It raised hopes for a trade in coal from the Newent coalfield 15 and that Gloucester might … and coasting vessels continued at the quay and the basin. Coal began to come to Gloucester in large quantities from the … Shropshire, and South Wales continued. 25 In 1822 10 coal merchants had yards at the basin, while others were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… as Gatcombe, were goods from South Wales, particularly coal from Neath (Glam.) and Tenby (Pemb.) used by the city's … down the Severn to Gloucester the principal item was coal from the Staffordshire and Shropshire colleries, then … the Black Spread Eagle, in lower Northgate Street, stocked coal for collection by wagons from the Cotswolds. 22 It was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Midlands, saw a revival in the corn trade and regular coal shipments to the new Castle Meads electricity generating …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Dean railway, which gave Cheltenham direct access to coal supplies. The Midland Railway and the G.W.R. obtained … of the century, including metals, ores, Welsh slates and coal, wines, spirits, Irish porter, potatoes, animal feed, … were several attempts to develop exports of Forest of Dean coal. The most ambitious, involving the construction of a …