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A History of the County of Stafford
… was formed in 1829 by the manager of the Swan Village gas-works but was apparently short-lived. 97 In 1836 the West …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. 85 The Birmingham & Staffordshire Gas Light Co. was established by an Act of 1825 to supply gas to Birmingham and other places near by including West … company opened its works at Swan Village, then the largest gas-works in the kingdom. 87 In 1875 Birmingham corporation …
A History of the County of Stafford
… early 19th century, 52 and the Birmingham & Staffordshire Gas Light Company built its works at Swan Village in 1825. 53 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of a West Drayton branch of the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers, and a Southall branch of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Residential services developed with the new building. Gas was introduced into the parish by the Uxbridge and Hillingdon Gas Consumers' Council in 1864, 84 and piped water by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… supply for Partridge Green was proposed in 1928, 25 but gas had not been brought to the village by 1982. 26 The fire …
A History of the County of Essex
… marsh. This produced a rent, in 1834, of 4. In 1869 the Gas Light and Coke Co. took the land by compulsory purchase …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ronan Point, Clever Road, Canning Town, collapsed after a gas explosion. 158 North of Beckton Road and in Kildare Road …
A History of the County of Essex
… 61 West Ham was the birth-place of the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers (1889), of which W. J. … 129 Bell & Black, manufacturer of wax vestas, camphorated gas, and patent wire fuses, established a factory in High …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Prince Regent Lane was a private road belonging to the Gas Light and Coke Co., which levied tolls there until 1931, …