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A History of the County of Sussex
… 23 and a sports centre at Durrington in 1972. 24 The local board acquired Broadwater green in 1865, 25 and in 1881 a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… most of the land is good pasture and meadow. A bed of coal, eighteen inches thick, runs through the higher portion …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the views extensive. There is an abundance of excellent coal, and also stone. The river Douglas passes on the south, … the northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… opened in 1797. A wharf at Long Lane originally supplied coal and lime to the Shawbury area; in 1898 the Lilleshall Co. used it as a coal wharf and brick yard. 46 Traffic ceased on the canal in … club in 1907, and a church hall was opened in 1909. 67 A coal and clothing club operated in 1925. 68 County library …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… meadow and pasture; the substratum abounds both with coal and ironstone, and some mines are in operation. A branch … the surface is undulated, and the substratum contains coal, which is partially wrought. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 13 The Middle Coal Measures, lying close to the surface across most of the … the township to north and south. The development of coal and ironstone mining in the 18th and 19th centuries may … of the township's inhabitants were employed in the local coal, iron, and steel works. The changing methods or fortunes …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… known as Donnington Wood mill, closed in the 1970s. 75 Coal and ironstone. The township's mineral resources were … probably began in the early 17th century. 76 In 1650 a coal delf was noted; 77 it was probably an opencast mine extracting coal, and almost certainly ironstone too, from the Middle …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… for day and Sunday pupils. 82 Wrockwardine Wood school board, formed in 1875, consisted of three nonconformists, the … minister became chairman. 83 At first a most disorderly board 84 torn by sectarian strife, 85 it achieved nothing in … had no schooling. Anglicans petitioned against the board in 1875 and 1876, but its refusal to build near the …