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A History of the County of Oxford
… until 1645, when the house was severely damaged in the Civil War. 39 Thereafter the site was used as a quarry for building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1813; and concerts are held occasionally. During the war, barracks were erected on the high ground about half a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the most modern casting foundries in Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 … in 1901. The works was still open during the First World War. 96 Between c. 1900 and c. 1909 a Chemical Works (late H. … 1939. Saturday remained market day after the Second World War, and in 1963 the market was moved to a site off New …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (pop. 2,876 in 1901) was the second most populous civil parish of the four that make up Oakengates urban … of 1939 to build 74 council houses was interrupted by the war with only 16 completed, and in 1943 over 200 new houses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the parish name to Oakengates. In 1898, however, Wombridge civil parish, conterminous with the ancient parish, was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1879 and 1885, remained in existence until the First World War. 17 As in all the coalfield parishes the number of poor … to improve municipal government, the U.D. comprising the civil parishes of Wombridge, Priorslee, St. George's, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… engine was then at Wellington. 45 After the Second World War the county council provided a retained fire station at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… remaining roughly constant until after the First World War when the beer sellers began to be closed. There were … the district, the wakes did not survive the Second World War. 59 Fairs, probably during the wakes, took place on the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… master of the buckhounds temp. Q. Anne, secretary-at-war, chancellor of the exchequer and P.C. 1713, M.P. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… succeeded by his son John. 79 John was ejected during the Civil War 80 when Woodchester was served by a succession of …