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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … land. The mineral productions are of minor importance. Coal is obtained in the north-western part of the county, … some centuries; there is also an iron-foundry, and coal-mines are wrought within a quarter of a mile. The river Stour …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… passinge over the Kinges highe waye betweene Eckington and Norton in the countie of Worcester into a grounde of your petitioneres. The same grounde and landefludd hathe bene viewed by Sir Thomas [R...ell?] [knight?] and John Handforde esquier whose inheritaunce yt concernethe, …
History Theses 1901-1970
… The Calvinist tradition in education in France, Scotland and New England during the 16th and 17th centuries. I. Cassidy. Belfast Ph.D. 1966. A study … A. Hayes. Oxford B.Litt. 1932. Pattern of world trade in coal, 191338. P. Chomchai. Oxford B.Litt. 1956. The origin …
A History of the County of Essex
… £35 a year of which £10 was to provide the poor with coal at a reduced price, and £15 to buy blankets and winter clothing for the most needy. By will proved 1835 …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly … the late 18th century and early 19th heavy goods, like the coal brought for the workhouse in 1832, were imported by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. … pasture, 341 woodland, and 75 water. There are extensive mines of the Ten-foot coal in operation, and several quarries of stone of good …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … allowances had ceased by 1959, when a small amount of coal was provided for the inmates. The alms-houses were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's … £1,200, and they were also empowered to charge a duty on coal brought into the town, on the security of which they …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … most of the land is good pasture and meadow. A bed of coal, eighteen inches thick, runs through the higher portion …