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A History of the County of Stafford
… chairman was Henry Brockhouse, of John Brockhouse & Co. Ltd. 27 In 1901 the church opened its own premises, the … was being used by the metal pressings branch of John Smith Ltd. The chapels at Lyndon, Hill Top, Swan Village, Greets … in Swan Village and in Rydding Square off Witton Lane. 84 In 1837 there was also a 'Christian Primitive Methodist …
A History of the County of Stafford
… work of a single developer; each house has a short front garden and a larger plot behind. Some clearance was carried … 1882 about half the houses were supplied by the waterworks company, 46 and by 1886 most had a piped supply. 47 Public … 89 In 1883 the South Staffordshire Electric Lighting Co. Ltd. was authorized to supply electricity in West Bromwich, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 83 There was a school in St. Michael Street by 1834. 84 From c. 1850 there was a convent of Sisters of Charity of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the Manifold Printing Co., subsequently Manifoldia Ltd. 16 The New Hippodrome (later the Hippodrome), at the … 48 The South Staffordshire Newspaper and Printing Co. Ltd. was formed in 1905 to take over the Chronicle and some … was acquired by its present owners, the Dudley Herald Ltd., now Midland United Newspapers Ltd. Later the same year …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by the corporation in 1920 with the laying-out of 95 a. on garden-city lines. 87 There is also extensive private housing … century, 52 and the Birmingham & Staffordshire Gas Light Company built its works at Swan Village in 1825. 53 A station … The extensive Crown Works of Braithwaite & Co. Structural Ltd. on the Balls Hill branch canal south of Ryder Street …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 83 enumerated 'nave, chancel, and square tower', and 1795, 84 and was doubtless originally made to be the private pew of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was valued at £10 in 1557 82 and £20 in 1587. 83 In 1749 84 and later in the 18th century 85 the rectory was leased …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and Chapter of Westminster, lords of Drayton or Colham Garden manor, owned more than a few acres, 54 and, similarly, … continued to be leased by Broad & Co. until 1935, when the company bought the freehold. The company's land included, as … in the moor north of the Iver Road, where Goodman, Price Ltd. were working pits in 1958. Outside the brickfields, only …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… including the premises of Wilkins, Campbell & Co. Ltd., The Old House, Southlands, and Dr. Corkery's house, and … had already been laid out for building by 1924. Bagley Garden estate, laid out at the same time, comprised 12 to 14 … piped water by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company in 1890. 85 By 1923 there was main drainage, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… courts are preserved to 1760. 25 In 1464 Drayton or Colham Garden manor was granted a court leet and other privileges, … with beating the bounds. In 1775-6 the poor-rate yielded £84 17 s. 4 d., of which £2 15 s. 5 d. was a county rate, and …