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A History of the County of Stafford
… Paget's servant Richard Almond was permitted to dig for coal on Winshill common and in the wood there for 21 years at the high rent of £40 a year. 1 A coal seam was discovered beside Ashby Road in 1854. 2 From … and 13 Sept. 1854; D. 603/M/5/1, J. Woodhouse's rep. on coal seam, 25 Sept. 1854. Burton Libr., D. 110/Winshill …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… left by various donors, are yearly given away in money and coal. Henry Kirke White was for some time at school here. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the kingdom. The chief imports are wine, deals, and coal. The navigation of the river above the town was, many …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… clothing and coals for the poor. In 1837 4 chaldrons of coal were distributed indiscriminately in quantities of one …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 watermen. 5 In 1576 there … in the early 19th century were mainly corn and rape-seed. Coal was imported and, from 1824, timber. In the period of … In the early 19th century it carried some traffic in coal; 2,508 tons in 1838 and 29,562 ten years later after the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades in coal, firkin-butter &c.' The number and range of trades, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in Wistow. A track in the south-west of the parish called Coal Pit Lane had become overgrown with trees by the early …