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A History of the County of Stafford
… Junior and Infants' School. In 1811, with the help of Lord Dartmouth, a girls' school was established by subscription at … 90 Boys were admitted from the mid 1840s. 91 In 1851 Lord Dartmouth provided new buildings in All Saints Street, with … Jesson, was added in 1854-5 on a site provided by Lord Dartmouth to the north of the 1851 schools. 93 Average …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the court baron was meeting every three weeks. 20 Lord Dartmouth, having acquired the manor in 1823, held courts … West Bromwich continued to press their claims after Lord Dartmouth had bought Sandwell in 1701. Dartmouth in fact believed that Joseph Shelton was doing so …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1808 with his son Thomas as his heir. 3 The 3rd earl of Dartmouth was vainly trying to secure a lease of the manor at … worth some £580 a year were bought by the 4th earl of Dartmouth in 1823, and the manor then descended with … sums 29 and finally in 1701 sold it to William, Baron Dartmouth (created earl of Dartmouth in 1711). 30 Sandwell …
A History of the County of Stafford
… also of the Oak House, 1 but by 1845 it was part of Lord Dartmouth's estate. 2 In the 19th century it was occupied as … Friar Park between at least 1602 and 1627. 33 In 1845 Lord Dartmouth owned 385 a. at Friar Park; 330 a. were tithe-free … about the mid 18th century. 39 By 1845 it was part of Lord Dartmouth's estate. 40 In the late 1820s it was occupied by …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the member was Viscount Lewisham (succeeded as 7th earl of Dartmouth in 1936). In 1918 it returned a Labour member, and, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… chapel was built at the west end of Danks Hill (the later Dartmouth Street). The members of the church numbered 25 at … Presbyterian minister. 36 On the other hand the earl of Dartmouth (d. 1801), the patron of All Saints', was friendly … Heath Society Class. Other members were James Bayley, Lord Dartmouth's park-keeper at Sandwell for 47 years, and Thomas …
A History of the County of Stafford
… supply. 47 Public baths were built in Pitt Street by Lord Dartmouth in 1847. 48 New baths designed by Edward Pincher of … Fire Office. 77 In 1878 the procession for the opening of Dartmouth Park was led by the engine of the Lancashire … in 1885. Lines from West Smethwick along Spon Lane to Dartmouth Square and from Oldbury along Bromford Lane to St. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as 'Romanists' (S.R.O., D.(W.)1778/V/701, J. Meres to Lord Dartmouth, n.d.) may result from a confusion with the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… it may have been an ancestor of the present West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club. Dartmouth, established in 1834, 53 was for some years early … was subsequently adopted as a compliment to the earls of Dartmouth, who have always been the club's patrons. 54 From …
A History of the County of Stafford
… southern end near the Bull's Head inn around what is now Dartmouth Square seems to have been one of the first main … by the 1750s and was then called the Boot inn. In 1834 the Dartmouth Arms (by 1835 the Dartmouth Hotel) was opened on the site of the Bull's Head …