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A History of the County of Sussex
… besides managing Cissbury Ring after its purchase by the National Trust in 1925. 33 After the Second World War it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 16 garden-ground. The village stands on the eastern bank of the river Medway, across which is an ancient dam, … pleasingly diversified. The village is situated on the bank of the Yare, and there is a large flour-mill worked both …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… divisions of the county of Worcester, situated on the left bank of the Severn, immediately opposite Bewdley, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Ptolemy, an important Roman station on the north-east bank of the Severn, in the bed of which, at low water, here … the village is situated on an acclivity rising from the bank of the river, over which is a neat bridge. There is a … for four aged persons. A Sunday school, now on the national system, was established by Miss Hannah Ball in 1769, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and engineers from 84 to 486. The number of pit bank girls rose too, from 63 to 128. Many of the new workers … by the Coalbrookdale partners led to riots at Coalpit Bank and Wrockwardine Wood. In 1816- 17, during the post-war …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… brick steam mill was built in 1818 on the north bank of the Shrewsbury Canal. The mill, generally known as … known as the Donnington Wood glassworks, on the north bank of the Wombridge Canal in Wrockwardine Wood 7 was one of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… aged 7-13 were still without instruction, 81 and in 1831 a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day … board in 1875 and 1876, but its refusal to build near the National school was widely supported. The rector, 87 who was … 8). Kelly's Dir. Salop. (1885), 1000; (1905), 307. Ketley Bank Girls' Council Sch. log bk. (at Queenswood Co. Primary …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Wood, in a cottage in Furnace Lane. 23 The National school, built near the glassworks and opened in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… girls for domestic service in the colonies. 89 The Royal National Institute for the Blind ran a Sunshine Home for … (1937). S.R.O. 4472/Sch/1/1-29, 37. The schs. were not National Schs. though called so in Kelly's Dir. Salop (1885), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… style. There is a place of worship for Independents; and a national school is supported by subscription. Four almshouses … The chapel is situated on an eminence above the western bank of Bassenthwaite lake. The ancient Hall has been …