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A History of the County of Oxford
… and Street Lighting The Witney Gas (later Gas and Coke) Co. built a gasworks east of High Street in the late 1830s, … supply was becoming common. 291 The Witney Electric Supply Co., established around 1899 with offices at No. 71 High … and Gloucester Place. 303 The Witney Electric Supply Co. lit the Butter Cross clock from 1904, and from the 1910s …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thornton family, of whom James left two daughters, who, as co-heiresses, conveyed it by marriage to the Trevelyans and …
A History of the County of Essex
… a voyage which led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Co. 99 He and others also built many ships for the navy, … providing related supplies and services. 11 G. Rennie & Co. of Greenwich joined with Forrestt at the upstream yard in … Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in a 'disgraceful state' and the Tendring Hundred Railway Co. re- placed it with a new road, which had tollgates in … to the post office. 21 About 1900 the National Telephone Co. employed one operator at its exchange at 88 High Street … 1722-7 and 1734- 41 and director of the East India Co. Apart from Martin's mansion and another, Wivenhoe Park, …
A History of the County of Essex
… council sold the waterworks in 1961 to Tendring Waterworks Co. which supplemented the supply by feeding in water from … in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as Wivenhoe Gas Co. which was still trading under that name in 1937. The … 92 By 1947 gas was supplied in bulk by Colchester Gas Co. In 1949 gas was nationalized and Wivenhoe was supplied by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the chemical-works of Messrs. Mander Weaver and Co. have been established since 1773. Rowley ragstone is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Willughby, who married Anne, one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Simon Leek of Cotham, Esquire, but he died … Sir Hugh to his second wife had Margaret, 17 sister and co-heir of Sir Baldwin Frevile, son and heir of Sir Baldwin …
A Dictionary of London
… this=Wolsies lane. Wolsieslane See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, … Hill (End. Ch. Rep.). Woodmongers' Wharfs See Wood and Co.'s Wharf. Woodner Court Out of Harrow Alley, Gravel Lane, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… brickworks were opened by the Oxford and Berkshire Brick Co. on a site off Five Mile Drive in 1869; by 1871 they were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… x, xiv; P.O. Dir. Salop. (1870), 118; I.G.M.T., Lilleshall Co. colln. 405. Cartlidge and Kidson, op. cit. p. xi. Ibid. …