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A History of the County of Shropshire
… his two new blast furnaces at Snedshill, the first in the county on a site completely independent of water power. By … purposebuilt coke blast furnace to go out of use in the county; it had apparently not been commercially successful. … XXXVI. 11. Kelly's Dir. Salop. (1909); 105; (1917), 98. County Assocs. Ltd. Oakengates, Newport & Shifnal Dir. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… called Oakengates High School; it was approved by the county council for minor scholarship holders and still … leaving school attended courses jointly financed by the county council and the Walker Trust. Walker Technical … Hartsbridge Road, opened in 1927. 73 It became the county centre for mining engineering, and its wide range of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… weights and measures inspection; magistrates', police, and county court business; and the registration of vital …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 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
… was among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As … Institute was recorded between 1913 and 1941. 73 A county library book centre opened at Oakengates in 1930. 74 … Baptist chapel in Stafford Road was converted into a county branch library; it closed in 1975 when new premises in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of Devon; educated in Exeter Coll.; beneficed in his own county. See Ath. ii. 129.] Wo(o)lcomb, Robert of Devon, cler. … Wynne, Cadwallader s. William, of Llanvihangel, co. Merioneth, gent. Oriel Coll., matric. entry 10 June, 1637, … Goch, 1684, and vicar of Gwyddelwern, (both) co. Merioneth, 1685, and rector of Llanvihangel GlynMyrfyr, co. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing … union and hundred of Nantwich, Southern division of the county of Chester, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Nantwich: … South Stoke, union of Wallingford, hundred of Dorchester, county of Oxford, 5 miles (S. S. E.) from Wallingford; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… still working the mill. 84 Sir George, active in county politics and prison reform, 85 had ceased to work the … 1768, when he was said to be the greatest clothier in the county. 2 Ownership of the mill passed from Holliday …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parishes. 13 It was said to be the largest park in the county in the early 18th century when its circumference …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… whose owners were substantial landowners elsewhere in the county. The property was said to belong to John Small c. 1708 …