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A History of the County of Middlesex
… there may have been an increase in acreage because of war with the French. 12 Farmer-gardeners were still growing … century, Veitch and Wimsett had closed by the First World War and Bull soon after it. 9 By the end of the 20 th century …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… near Lots Road power station in the 1930s, and during the war carried out a considerable amount of contract work for … for pre-fabricated housing. 10 After the Second World War Chelsea and Kensington borough wharves also served refuse …
A History of the County of Essex
… V Dock, was begun in 1912 but delayed by the First World War and was not completed until 1921. 12 The north dock was … industrial development nearby before the First World War, but the settlement remained small and isolated. Though … early in the 20th century 50 and during the First World War began to widen the scope of their activities by turning …
A History of the County of Essex
… a statutory obligation to electrify it but the First World War prevented the execution of this scheme. 36 In these …
A History of the County of Essex
… public authorities was unthinkable before the First World War. In most other districts, though it was often the …
A History of the County of Chester
… ceased in Chester, its guild kept alive during the Civil War and Interregnum by a single member. In the 1660s new … of Charles II, 29 May), 5 November, coronation days, when war was declared, 106 and when the bounds of the liberties …
A History of the County of Chester
… seriously affected by new building before the Second World War, had a population of 788 in 1931. 27 Not all the …
A History of the County of Chester
… road-building in 1934, the outbreak of the Second World War, post-war lack of funds, and the failure of the Ministry of … was in the custody of the Mainwaring family in time of war. 125 Perhaps, too, the ford known later to have been …
A History of the County of Chester
… ceased, probably around the time of the First World War. 87 The trade in timber brought from the Mersey to the …