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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whereof two-thirds are pasture, and the remainder arable. Coal-mines have been wrought from time immemorial; conveyance … from Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, in exchange for coal obtained on the estate. The mansion forms one of the … the chemical-works of Messrs. Mander Weaver and Co. have been established since 1773. Rowley ragstone is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Willughby, who married Anne, one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Simon Leek of Cotham, Esquire, but he died … Wollaton. This lordship, which is small, abounds in pit-coal; it is owned by Lord Middleton, and is old enclosure.The … with, it is said, came from Ancaster, in exchange for pit-coal. Sir Francis Willoughby, the builder of this mansion, …
A Dictionary of London
… this=Wolsies lane. Wolsieslane See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, … Hill (End. Ch. Rep.). Woodmongers' Wharfs See Wood and Co.'s Wharf. Woodner Court Out of Harrow Alley, Gravel Lane, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… brickworks were opened by the Oxford and Berkshire Brick Co. on a site off Five Mile Drive in 1869; by 1871 they were … installed the first steam-driven machinery and by 1811 coal was being brought weekly by barge via the Oxford canal …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by several tramways communicating with the extensive coal and iron mines at Ketley and in the neighbourhood, which … partly to the poor rate and partly to the distribution of coal. Womenswould (St. Margaret) WOMENSWOULD ( St. Margaret), … is Honey-street wharf: a considerable trade in timber and coal is carried on, and a great number of canal boats and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… x, xiv; P.O. Dir. Salop. (1870), 118; I.G.M.T., Lilleshall Co. colln. 405. Cartlidge and Kidson, op. cit. p. xi. Ibid. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Oakengates. 85 In 1857 the Coalport Branch Railway Co. (later L.N.W.R.) obtained permission to buy the decaying … Between 1851 and 1855 the basis of the Lilleshall Co.'s extensive private railway system was laid, linking … Bridges Cttee. min. bk. 11, pp. 69-70; 12, pp. 117-18 ( Co. Surveyor's Rep. Jan. 1932, p. 3). Telford Jnl. 12 Dec. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… because of increasing unprofitability, the Lilleshall Co. leased out its Woodhouse and Priorslee farms, which until … 1882 and 1902, when the mill pond was filled in. 21 Coal and ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the … priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is likely that both coal and ironstone, found in alternate bands, were raised. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… chairman was William Perrott, secretary of the Lilleshall Co. 67 He was soon succeeded by Dr. J. McC. McCarthy, 68 who … Street, Snowhill; the cost was met by the Lilleshall Co. and a government grant. There were three departments and … old buildings were closed in 1982. In 1872 the Lilleshall Co. paid for a new Priorslee National School, known in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… earlier 16th century the priory was exploiting the local coal and ironstone reserves. 94 Early lay settlement in the … was especially sharp in the 1850s 7 as the Lilleshall Co. began to develop the New Yard works. 8 In the 1880s … Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, 404-5. Below, Econ. Hist. (Coal and Ironstone; Iron and Steel). T.S.A.S. xi. 325, 329, …