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A History of the County of Shropshire
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 … Hadley & Trench Gas Works stood on the south-western edge of Trench Pool, and in 1912 the Hadley, Trench, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the coalfield the alehouse was an integral and ever present part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in … in Oakengates. 52 In the earlier 19th century the number of public houses grew as the town expanded, and in 1846 the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and … 43 In 1953 the estate granted a long lease to the Forestry Commission, which cut down the mature oak, cleared the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … an acre adjoining the churchyard was owned by the 'parish officers' and occupied by the shepherds of the common flock. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SU 01 SW) Woodlands covers 2,594 acres in a broad strip of land extending from the R. Allen in the W. to the Dorset Heathlands in the E. … by streams flowing S. and S.E. Bagshot Beds in the S.E. of the parish result in open heathland. The parish came into …