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Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… in 1786. 1 The salary, payable out of the contingent fund, was £67 6s. in 1792. It was increased to £94 12s. in … 4 In 1826 a salary of £50, payable out of the contingent fund, was made available to an Assistant, or Extra, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 80 inhabitants. It comprises 680 acres: coal is found, and there is a mine of excellent fire-clay. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… leads, conveying lime from the Llangattock hills, and coal from the banks of the river Romney, also in Llangattock … about half a mile lower down. It abounds with iron and coal, and there are copper-works on an extensive scale, which … of the inhabitants. A tramroad proceeds south from the coal-mines in the northern part, until it joins the Neath …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of jack-in-the-box. Sources: Newspapers, Tradecards. Dove coal [dove-coal] According to John Houghton 'In Holland they use dove-coal, that is made of peat almost burnt out' [Houghton]. This …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… erected six almshouses, to be kept in repair from the same fund, for three aged persons of each sex. The whole endowment …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… this I have added 1 l. to the school and 1 l. to the poor fund. And the founders say that the residue, which … l. a year out of the income, and to establish a sinking fund of 150 l., to reimburse the expense of rebuilding the … any endowment. Upon a true cy pres application of such a fund it should, I apprehend, be construed, as first, devoted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is quarried for building; and the sinking of a shaft for coal was commenced, at Draycot Cross, in 1844. About half a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface is elevated, and the substratum abounds in coal, several mines being in operation; stone is quarried, … the chapelries of Dore and Holmesfield, the townships of Coal-Aston, Dronfield, Totley, and Unstone, and the hamlet of … the manor of Dronfield. The neighbourhood abounds with coal, which is extensively wrought and made into coke for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… £4 in 1783 12to £10 by 1837. It was then usually given in coal among the settled poor, 13as in 1863 when £11 4 s. was … from under £8 after the 1930s to £30 by 1972, was given in coal until c. 1945, and by 1960 in grocery vouchers. 17 About …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Duddingston is 21,896. The principal substrata are, coal, sandstone, and freestone. The coal, which is very abundant, was formerly wrought, but, from … of basalt; limestone, containing numerous fossil shells; coal, which is not workable; and veins of sandstone. The …