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Survey of London
… Wilmington Square. In the 1830s Thomas Paris, brewer and coal merchant, was the first occupant of No. 47, and Richard Simonds, grocer, tea dealer and coal merchant, had No. 7. These were their homes, not shops, … flats were fitted with a gas copper but no gas cooker, a coal fire in the living room and a gas fire in one bedroom. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… imports are the ordinary articles of merchandise, coal, and cows for the supply of the dairy districts. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… home, and any provident club or society for the supply of coal, clothes or other necessaries; secondly, towards the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… temporary construction labour but also station staff and coal dealers. In the later 19th century new occupations and … land was let as allotment gardens and the rent used to buy coal for the poor. 68 By 1915 the charity had over £400 in … dated 1906, left a sum of money to provide a Christmas coal distribution for poor members of the Church of England. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Itchen ferry, near Southampton, supplies the town with coal and the heavier articles of merchandise; and a station …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… exceptional offences may be mentioned the burning of sea-coal ( pro carbone maris arso), for which the offender, 48 in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the northern range are considerable basements containing coal stores, heating chambers, &c., connected by tunnels …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quarried for burning into lime, and for building purposes. Coal abounds on the lands of Wingate and Wingate-Grange; on … year, discovered a rich bed called the "Caradoc Wallsend" coal. The Wingate branch of the Hartlepool railway terminates … to have been formerly wrought, and there are seams of coal and limestone in operation to a limited extent. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1724, with property now producing an income of 30; and coal and bread are annually distributed among the poor to the … This is a fertile and picturesque township, rich in coal, the prevailing mineral of the district; it comprises …