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A History of the County of Warwick
… faculty were completed in 1909. During the First World War the Edgbaston buildings became a military hospital, and … began. Between then and the outbreak of the Second World War the Biological Block, the Union Building, the Hills … to the new buildings in 1938. 92 After the Second World War the extent of the Edgbaston estate was greatly enlarged …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… as the Cockayne project. The outbreak of the Thirty Years War in particular brought considerable unemployment to the … one of general stagnation. Once the troubles of the Civil War and the Restoration were over the famous fine-cloth of … This relative decline lasted until the Second World War. It is in the light of these figures that we must examine …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Chelsea still had 1 cow shed just before the First World War, but by 1918 there were none. 16 Inf. from Dr C.P. Lewis. …
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 …
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