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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 1332. He married Joane, the eldest daughter and co-heir of Theobald de Verdun lord of Alveton castle in …
A History of the County of Essex
… into the Mere when pursued. 43 The River Stour Navigation Co. made the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to … from the rail- ways, and by 1878 the Navigation Co. no longer used the part of the Stour in Wormingford. 44 … Ibid. T/A 200/5; J.S. Hull, 'The River Stour Navigation Co.', Suff. Institute of Arch. xxxii. 250; W. Beaumont, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… coast are in the winter subject. The town is lighted with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by …
A History of the County of York
… candle-lighting was improved in 1820 28 and replaced by gas burners in 1824. 29 Greatly improved gas-lighting was introduced into the choir in 1861 30 and … Minst.' (York Pub. Libr.), ff. 30, 34. T. Allen, Hist. Co. York (1828), i. 285; S. S. Wesley, A Few Words on Cath. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… being given to retired employees of Potter, Bailey and Co., the Worthing grocers, 40 their widows and children, or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Rep. Com. Rds. [280], App. p. 447, H.C. (1840), xxvii. Co. Reps. relating to Turnpike Trusts, iii, Suss. [1459], pp. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… east of the town. 25 In 1879 the Worthing Land Improvement Co. held c. 105 a.there. 26 A farm-house had been built on … In 1944 Farmers and Growers Ltd. (Fargro), a horticultural co-operative, was formed in West Worthing to order in bulk … early 1830s. 98 In the 1870s the Worthing Land Improvement Co. made bricks, and other brickmakers were recorded during …
A History of the County of Sussex
… edge of the built-up area c. 1914. 2 East of the town the gas-works had been opened in 1834 in Lyndhurst Road, and … proliferation of industrial uses near the railway and the gas-works, coupled with the prevailing westerly wind. In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them … Other officers appointed later were inspectors of gas lighting and coal duties and of hackney carriages and … commissioners agreed with contractors who were to supply gas for 120 street lamps for 21 years, and might supply gas …