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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a fund for reducing the price of bread to the poor. 72 A company of Volunteers, about 60 strong, was raised from 1797 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (27 & 28 Vic. c. clxxx) empowered the Wisbech Waterworks Company to obtain supplies from Marham (Norf.), 18 miles east … and rural district, and a wide area around. The Water Company has now been transformed by statute into the Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Great Northern and Eastern Counties Railways. The former company proposed a new cut to the river and improved docks, … Eastern Railway is used very little. 20 In 1884 the latter Company opened a 'steam tramway' of 4ft. 8½ in. gauge from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Corn Exchange behind the Town Hall was built by a private company. 98 The first cattle market was enlarged in 1827 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… has been enlarged in 1898, 1904, and 1930-8. 21 A private company operated a telegraph service until 1870, when it was … service was provided from 1898 by the National Telephone Company. 23 A weekly newspaper known as the Lynn and Wisbech … and the prices high. 47The Wisbech Gas Light and Coke Company, with works in Eastfield, was formed in 1859. 48Its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in force for some years, and under its provisions the company enacted laws; but in process of time, it was found to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… capital: certainly some recipients, including several mercers and clothiers, seem scarcely to have been 'poor'. In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (econ. life 15001800: other trades). M. Bee, 'Clinch and Company, Brewers', Oxon. Local Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), …