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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… connected with the manufacture. The Gloucester and Bristol railway passes near the town, on the west, where is the … passes through the parish; and the Bristol and Exeter railway, on which is a station within 2 miles, skirts it on … in the union and hundred of Chippenham, Chippenham and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 7 miles (W. by N.) from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the … village is pleasantly situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of …
A Dictionary of London
… Devised by will of Sir Wm. Herriott, 1506, to the Drapers' Company, by the name of "Vernon's quay." It seems to be on or …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… houses. 13 The presence of the spa and (by 1856) a railway halt led to the emergence of Admaston as a small, … yard. 46 Traffic ceased on the canal in the 1920s. 47 Two railway lines crossed the parish, converging on Wellington. … late 18th century or earlier, it closed c. 1856 after the railway reached Wellington. It then became a farmhouse but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are watered by a rivulet. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway skirts the parish on the east. The living is a … on a public thoroughfare. An act was passed in 1846, for a railway from the Great Western line at Maidenhead, to … of the Ashford and Canterbury portion of the South-Eastern railway, 5 miles distant from Ashford, and 9 from Canterbury. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a private standard-gauge network, which linked most of the company's interests by 1855. The network reached its peak … excluded Lilleshall Co. employees as they were fed by the company at the New Yard. 51 A dining room provided in 1900 … after work for 'socials'. About the same time the company bought the Bird in Hand public house at the Nabb 'to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… New Yard. 4 Engineering rapidly became as important to the company as its coal, iron, and brick production, and it was well enough established by 1862 to allow the company to exhibit and win prizes at the London International … the home and export markets. In the early 20th century railway engine manufacture ceased, but large gas engines …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, Esq., to whom the … to Huddersfield pass through; and the WestRiding Union railway, which also runs through the parish, has a station at … in 1835, separates Wylam from the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. On both sides of the river are extensive collieries, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of grain. Here is a station of the Brighton and Portsmouth railway, ten miles from the Worthing station, and eight from … ( All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Calne, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Calne; containing 251 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century. a(9). Railway Cottages, house 30 yards W. of (8), was built early …