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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… railway. In the chapelry are some tile-works, a brick-yard, and a pottery on a limited scale. The living is a …
A Dictionary of London
… 1720 and 1755). Site partly occupied by Trig Wharf. Wood Yard, Church Lane At the north-east end of Church Lane. In … 1720-Lond. Guide, 1753). Seems to have been a carpenter's yard. Site rebuilt for business purposes. Wood Yard, Gravel Lane North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Trout. In most years between 1680 and 1880 horse races were held on Port Meadow; in the earlier 19th … in the parish. 28 Wolvercote was the scene of an early flying accident in 1912 when two officers of the Royal Flying Corps were killed near Toll Bridge. They are …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the canal was flour to the mill at Wrockwardine Wood. 80 A horse-drawn railway was built in 1747 on the Charltons' … to Priorslee furnaces, became an important marshalling yard, linked to the G.W.R. 88 Many smaller firms also had …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was robbed near Oakengates of six 'sharys' and 200 horse nails, worth 12 s.; 48 it seems probable that he had … were extended into Wombridge in 1873. 78 The Capewell Horse Nail Co. Ltd. had a works at Trench Pool c. 1909- c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the 1850s 7 as the Lilleshall Co. began to develop the New Yard works. 8 In the 1880s population declined slightly. In …