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A History of the County of Oxford
… revenue from renewal fines; there was no separate school fund. 2 Rackrenting introduced in the mid 19th century raised … the income of £60 was devoted to the Cocks's Educational Fund. The land was sold in 1946 when the invested income …
A History of the County of Oxford
… surveys of the town, was formed in 1966. 82 From the 1930s fund-raising pageants were sometimes held, and in 1953 a … from 1982, at first in aid of the town hall restoration fund and later for various projects. 84 The repeated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the corporation's finances in 1929 a separate borough fund comprised rents from corporate property, hire charges … overseers. 73 The corporation continued to contribute to a coal fund, financed by subscription. In 1800 the council agreed to store coal in the town hall or shambles cellars before it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… meadow and pasture, 353 woodland, and 40 road and waste. Coal is obtainable, though not wrought; and there are …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Dean Forest in order to check the felling of timber, coal-mining, and iron-works, which had become more extensive … Madgett, Woolaston Woodside, and near Cone Mill. A former coal-pit a short distance south of Whitewalls farm was then … in 1856, a threshing machine contractor, a haulier, a coal merchant, and a corn-dealer in 1876, and a mason in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The cottagers found employment in the woods, quarries, and coal mines of the Forest of Dean and Tidenham Chase, but the … year clothing and blanket clubs were established and a coal club was in existence. 99 A Memorial Hall was built in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the poor at Aston the principles of their faith:" this fund has been appropriated to the schools by the present …