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A History of the County of Oxford
… every third Monday. Procedure was the same as at Coventry (Warws.) and the court heard cases of debt or damage arising … for this and the overspill population from London and Birmingham the Grimsbury Treatment Works were reconstructed … Ibid. ii, p. 17. For Fisher and Throckmorton see V.C.H. Warws. viii. 249, 496. Fisher may be identified with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area to find work, and a similar arrangement was made with Birmingham City Council at the time of the move to Banbury from Birmingham of Alfred Bird & Sons Ltd. In 1969 the population …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hailed the election of William Holbech of Farnborough (Warws.) as freedom from the 'servile yoke' of the Norths. 38 … a strong candidate in Hugh Holbech of Farnborough Hall (Warws.). Although Vincent's campaign, largely devoted to …
A History of the County of Warwick
… on Warwickshire were lost in the fire which destroyed the Birmingham Free Library on the night of 11 Jan. 1879. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… road from Gloucester to Cirencester, and the Bristol and Birmingham railway, pass through the parish, which is also … of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 5 miles (N.) from Birmingham; containing 1078 inhabitants. This place lies on the road between Birmingham and Walsall, and comprises about 5000 acres: the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated on an eminence commanding a fine prospect. The Birmingham and Warwick canal approaches within a mile, and the London and Birmingham railway within a mile and a half, of the village. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes through the chapelry; and there is a station on the Birmingham and Derby railway. Courts leet and baron are held … p., of a clayey, loamy, and sandy soil. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway passes through the township, and has a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… canal passes through it, and the Liverpool and Birmingham railway within two miles. Part of Cannock chase is …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… ware; two steelyards and an ornamental spit (now in Birmingham Museum on loan from B.M.) from a late 2nd-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county; is three miles from the Kingsbury station on the Birmingham and Derby railway; and comprises 804 acres of …