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A History of the County of Essex
… separated hamlets. 29 At Church End the British Land Co., which had bought the Woodford Hall estate in 1869, had … A telephone exchange was opened by the National Telephone Co. in 1904. 116 Since 1927 subscribers have been served by the Buckhurst exchange. 117 In 1864 the West Ham Gas Co., which since 1856 had been empowered to supply gas to …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1869 the Woodford Hall estate was sold to the British Land Co. for building development. The house was used until 1900 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2658 a. 1 r. 27 p., of which the soil is generally poor. Coal is obtained in the neighbourhood, and a basaltic dyke …
A History of the County of Sussex
… northeast of the hamlet. 31 The Hassocks and District Gas Co. was empowered to supply gas in 1936, 32 and electricity … files. Horsham and Dist. Citizens' Guide, 1983 (W. Suss. Co. Times), 104. F. H. Edmunds, Wells and Springs of Suss. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… near the township, and has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and … the hills is very fine. A little north of High Carricks, coal was worked in 1810, in pits about ten fathoms deep, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1856 when the lease was taken by the brewers Wootten 8 Co. The building was extended in 1857 and turned into a … the lease was bought by Oxford bankers Cox, Morrell, 8 Co., 64 who held it until c. 1850; from 1829 they sublet the … but by 1853 was the Queen's Own. 51 Hook Norton Brewery Co. owned it from c. 1902. 15. Nos. 51-7 Oxford Street The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £300 stock yielding £9 a year. It was distributed in coal to 80 poor families in that year, and continued usually as a coal charity, frequently augmented by the corporation from … 97, pp. 3-6; 12th Rep. Com. Char. 326; inf. from Skinners' Co. For early negotiations over the char., Boro. Mun. 79, ff. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Reformation the corporation dominated the vestry, co-ordinating townsmen's efforts to provide preaching and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter built by the duke and sold to members of the Oxford Co-operative Society under a joint scheme. 37 Pullman's glove …
A History of the County of Oxford
… factory at Hensington, at first called the Woodstock Glove Co. but R. & J. Pullman's from the early 20th century; it … as a glove factory by the Blenheim, later the Glyme, Glove Co. and by L. E. Clothier from c. 1969 until its closure in … 3 wheelwrights, 3 saddlers, and a coachmaker; there were 3 coal merchants, 2 corn dealers, and a currier and cheese …