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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Rural (at Ketley Bank), and Shifnal (between Woodhouse colliery and Priorslee Hall) were added to Oakengates while a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… some centuries; there is also an iron-foundry, and coal-mines are wrought within a quarter of a mile. The river Stour … seats of several noblemen, amongst which are, Welbeck Abbey the seat 'of the Duke of Portland; Clumber, the mansion … limestone; on a hill north of the village are some mines of lead and calamine, but they are not wrought at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… pasture, 341 woodland, and 75 water. There are extensive mines of the Ten-foot coal in operation, and several quarries … strong vein has also been found: there are grit and gravel mines, worked by a company, and stone is quarried, chiefly … pleasing, the views embracing Rivington Pike. Several coal-mines are wrought, and stone is abundant. The Cromptons, of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the King's pit of Sheriff Hill, but now the Stormount Main colliery, has been sunk to a greater depth, and is wrought as … northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and fullers'-earth is … which in that of Henry II. was attached to St. John's Abbey, Colchester. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… shares of Wrockwardine manor. In 1822 Berwick sold his mines in Wrockwardine Wood to Viscount Granville (cr. Earl …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The substratum abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss … tract extending southward to the river Derwent. Wykeham Abbey, the seat of the Hon. Marmaduke Langley, who is lord of … and comprising 787 acres of a highly productive soil. Some mines are worked here, the rateable annual value of which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… copper-ore is found in various places, but none of the mines are worked with spirit or success. The living is … on almost every farm; and the parish contains some mines of lead-ore, affording employment to part of the … are blown by a large steamengine, made by the Neath Abbey iron company; as well as by a powerful machine erected …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of three acres of land, part of the site of the venerable abbey of St. Mary, for the erection of a suitable building … and manufacturing towns, and much is also used in the mines and collieries. The extent of the woodlands in the … so much in request for making and mending roads. The coal-mines are most numerous in the tract between Leeds and …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Grenehowe, Newton, Pynchenthorpe, Easeby, Murten, Tampton, Hulton, Kylton, Skuryngrave, , Rokesby, Hinderwell, Gesleby, …