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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… annually: it is said to have been formerly a parliamentary borough, and that it was relieved from the elective franchise …
A History of the County of Essex
… to the upkeep of the houses after 1959. Colchester borough council gave a loan to help with the modernization of …
A History of the County of Essex
… a total of 72 new grants for services was made. 39 The Borough English system of inherit- ance (ultimogeniture) … in the river Colne were often disputed with Colchester borough, but in 15678 Colchester corporation granted Wivenhoe …
A History of the County of Essex
… part of the new Colchester district, later designated borough. 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the … to Fingringhoe ferry boat service was owned by Colchester borough council, which closed it in the 1950s when the number … was then the fourth most populous parish in Colchester borough. 39 Early settlement developed round the quay in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… district council became part of Colchester district (later borough). A town council with a mayor as chairman retained … Wivenhoe Electricity Co. existed by 1928 when Colchester borough council agreed to buy it. 95 Electricity was … tip near Wivenhoe wood. 2 In 1974 the enlarged Colchester borough council took over refuse disposal and other remaining …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the head of a union; comprising the new municipal borough of Wolverhampton, and the market-town of Bilston, in … 2nd of William IV., cap. 45, the town was constituted a borough to return two members to parliament, to be elected by … was incorporated by Her Majesty in council as a municipal borough, with a mayor, twelve aldermen, and 36 councillors, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Ketley Bank was supplied with water purchased from the borough of Wenlock and conveyed through Dawley U.D.C. and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 29, 43; B.L. Add. MS. 5861, f. 53; W. M. Palmer, Hist. of Borough Green (C.A.S. 8vo ser. liv), 96. List of vicars in …
The Environs of London
… of John Goddard, Esq. The custom of this manor is Borough-English, by which the younger son inherits. William … a member of the Privy Council. In 1620, he represented the borough of Cirencester in parliament; and, in 1640, the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Educ. Cttee. and Min. of Educ. Ibid.; inf. from London Borough of Redbridge. Ibid. and inf. from Headmaster. Kelly's …