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A History of the County of Shropshire
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. The Dawley Gas Co., formed in 1848, 89 built a works at the southern end of Chapel Street. 90 It supplied street lighting in the central built-up area around Dawley Green, the capital … 1909 the U.D.C. arranged for a supply from the Madeley & Broseley Water Co. Water was piped from Madeley to Little …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Much Wenlock to the north. 43 As communications improved in the early 20th century its isolation was reduced, and by … to Bridgnorth, Ludlow, or Kidderminster (Worcs.). 44 In the 19th century the parish contained 5,566 a. (2,253 ha.) … Hopton sold it in 1602 to Thomas Langley of the Amies (in Broseley). 33 In 1613 Langley sold the moiety to William …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Domesday Book 1300-1540 1300-1540 The later Middle Ages, in particular the period from the mid 14th century to the … have traditionally been seen as a time of depression in agrarian society, punctuated by crises. Recent … the 60 a. of arable belonging to a third of the manor of Broseley were valued at 15 s., and 40 a. of arable at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… agriculture, as it was nationally. There were vast changes in landownership. Many estates, especially in the first half of the period, were run more profitably. … manor's 9,238 a. 16 The lands attached to the manors of Broseley and Madeley were broken up in the early 17th and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… farming expanded, and the new farming techniques devised in the arable parts of the kingdom spread widely; their adoption, perhaps later and more unevenly in Shropshire than in some other regions, 18 amounted to an … Manor, a big Tudor house. 84 John Pritchard (d. 1837), of Broseley, made a fortune as solicitor and (from 1799) banker. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Domesday Book 1875-1985 1875-1985 The two world wars, each in different ways, marked the major watersheds in the agrarian history of Shropshire in the 20th century, … coalfield, between the Weald Moors in the north and Broseley in the south, did the extent of colliery cottages, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… some ceremony or function. By the early-modern period, and in the Dictionary Archive, it was more commonly applied to … and Tippets' [Newspapers (1790)]. OED earliest date of use in this sense: 1606 Somewhat later 'dress' became an … whole house. For example, in the probate inventories of Broseley in Shropshire during the 1740s and 1750s the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… EATON-UNDER-HEYWOOD Eaton-under-Heywood parish lies in Ape Dale, dominated scenically by the wooded limestone … of Wenlock Edge. It is considerably smaller than it was in the early 19th century when it extended to 6,281 a. (2,542 … to Walter de Beysin, 43 and it descended with his share of Broseley 44 until 1534 when John Harewell's daughters divided …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Fenton FENTON THE town of Fenton lies in the south of the Potteries and in 1910 formed an urban district. 1 Historically it consisted … earthenware, the designs on which included Willow and Broseley patterns. 461 Thomas Elkin withdrew in 1833, but the …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… chairmaker (1832d. 1839). Trading at Radford, Worksop in 1832. One of a group of Windsor chairmakers operating in north Notts. from the second quarter of the 19th century. … September 1823. [D; poll bks; freemen reg.] Gurbett, John, Broseley, Salop, cm (182228). [D] Gurden, John, High Wycombe, …