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A History of the County of Stafford
… a principal source of employment in West Bromwich, 55 Gun-lock filing and forging were established there, probably on a … Arms offered rewards to those who would teach or learn gun-lock filing and forging. Out of 27 men who were qualified to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the grounds of the Oak House. There seems to have been a lock-up at Lyndon in the 18th century. 27 The inhabitants …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Whyley to fell them, and in 1768 many were used to make lock-gates for the Birmingham Canal, which was then being …
A History of the County of Stafford
… open-air services on Sundays from May to August at Middle Lock between Spon Lane and Bromford Lane. 60 In the early …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by 1815. 38 Another part was used as a parish cage, or lock-up. 39 The churchwardens' accounts, beginning in 1749, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than the surrounding country to north and south. The Lock estate included c. 228 a. of woods in 1984. 60 … itself survived, 83 as did the two locks, one near Old Lock in Ashurst and the other west of West Grinstead church; … 1736), who suggested the composition of The Rape of the Lock (1712). Though Pope visited the house at least once, 40 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Grinstead belonging to Arthur Lloyd. 15 Its successor, the Lock estate, had land in the parish in 1971. 16 The West … six let farms. 17 By 1982 much of that land had joined the Lock estate, which had over 2,000 a. in the neighbourhood, … each in 1979. 33 In 1984 a seventh of the acreage of the Lock estate was permanent pasture, and a quarter grass leys; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… developer. 96 In 1983 that land formed part of the Lock estate, which comprised over 2,000 a., chiefly in West …
A History of the County of Essex
… time abbess of Barking: V.C.H. Essex, ii. 120. Then called Lock Bridge, from the lock on the toll-bar. Probably Sir Philip Basset (d. 1271): …