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A History of the County of Middlesex
… in the prices of farm produce. On the other hand, high railway rates do not constitute a grievance, and 'land in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in S.R.O. 3763/19/1); S.R.O. 3763/20/4; Domesday Geog. of Midland Eng. ed. H. C. Darby and I. B. Terrett (1971), 155; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… transport, and it is to be regretted that easy and cheap railway facilities, whilst benefiting agriculturists in many …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… breed in south Wiltshire. 61 Their lambs were sold to Midland farmers, and their three-year ewes to breeders of … from Highworth, a centre for Staffordshire and other Midland stock. Davis estimated that nine-tenths of the … change has been going on, no new manufactures, except the railway work at Swindon, have been started in Wiltshire to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1868 many north Wiltshire dairy farms which were close to railway stations, and had no difficult or expensive local … lambs, which were sold off at late summer fairs mainly to Midland farmers, so it was not strong enough to fatten … 1089, H.C. (1927), xxv (figure available only for the West Midland district, which included Wilts.). Agric. Returns G.B. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the township. There is a station of the Bury and Bolton railway. Ainsworth Hall has been modernised, and now …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… probably a variant of the contemporary DRINK LOOM, also a Midland term, but its precise function is unclear. Not found …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Tring station of the London and Birmingham railway is only about a mile distant from the church. The … of the neighbouring towns. The Manchester and Birmingham railway passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… from Paulerspury. 97 The closure of Alderton's nearest railway station, at Roade, in 1964 was not seen as a great …