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A History of the County of Shropshire
… earlier 16th century the priory was exploiting the local coal and ironstone reserves. 94 Early lay settlement in the … Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, 404-5. Below, Econ. Hist. (Coal and Ironstone; Iron and Steel). T.S.A.S. xi. 325, 329, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle Coal Measures. The coal measures outcrop either side of the band: to the … Snedshill. The Greyhound and Lightmoor faults cross the Coal Measures from south-west to north-east; south-east of …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… at q, on the S. of court B, were of a furnace where coal had been burned. Of the outermost court, not necessarily …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a choir and organ fund; any residue was to be used for a coal and blanket charity. In 1972 the small income accruing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… included printing, represented by two firms in 1927, 31 coal-dealing, recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Granby Street. Development next to the railway included coal yards at the northern angle and a large malthouse at the …
A History of the County of Essex
… charities was 116, most of which was spent on gifts of coal, food, and clothing. Robert Rampston (d. 1585) left … in trust to maintain a tomb in the church, and to provide coal for the poor, 10 s. being given to the parish clerk for … Bunce, by will proved 1875, left 693 in trust to provide coal at Christmas for 25 aged poor. 58 Thomas Reed, by will …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2658 a. 1 r. 27 p., of which the soil is generally poor. Coal is obtained in the neighbourhood, and a basaltic dyke …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… near the township, and has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and … the hills is very fine. A little north of High Carricks, coal was worked in 1810, in pits about ten fathoms deep, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £300 stock yielding £9 a year. It was distributed in coal to 80 poor families in that year, and continued usually as a coal charity, frequently augmented by the corporation from … c. £340 a year; pensions were no longer given, but coal and groceries were distributed. In 1977 a Scheme for …