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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The neighbourhood abounds with coal, of which several mines are in operation, and with freestone of good quality, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Edward I there was a considerable output from the Devon mines. Cf. Pat. 35 Hen. III, m. 2. Close, 8 Hen. III, m. 5, 5 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… there was a moat 12 yards wide, great guns were fired and mines sprung to the delight of a thousand spectators. 364 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… where they approach the surface. The proprietors of the mines in Winlaton township are its lords; and the lessees … Bute, George Heppel Ramsay, Esq., and J. Cowen, Esq.: the mines in Chopwell belong to the marquess, who works his own …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the adjacent lead-mines, which were once much more extensively worked; the …