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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and that of the remainder is chiefly a clayey loam. A colliery producing excellent engine-coal was lately …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the owner, it having been the property of the dissolved abbey of Meaux. The church formerly belonged to the priory of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the chapelry) 720 inhabitants. At the St. Helen's colliery, numerous ovens are employed in the manufacture of … railway. Large quantities of coal are sent from the mines in the neighbourhood to be shipped at Stockton and … who had, in reward for his services, beneficial grants of abbey lands: the family resided here till the latter end of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 14th-century assarts whose rents were assigned to Flaxley abbey in 1353. 91 In 1935 the block including Hayes wood, … son of Ralph of Poulton who granted 3 yardlands to Flaxley abbey and also made the abbey another gift for the benefit of the souls of William …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of wheat; the district abounds in coal, and an extensive colliery is in operation, the produce of which is of a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… township to its termination by the Dee, near Basingwerk Abbey. Here are very extensive collieries, affording … affords a facility for conveying the produce of the mines, and other commodities, in craft of from twenty to … third belonging to the Independents, held near the Tonmawr colliery. A sum of 2 per annum, chargeable upon the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Glasgow and Paisley markets. Coal is abundant, and three mines are at present in operation. A fair is held, chiefly … isle his place of seclusion.See Berwick, North. Bathan's, Abbey St. BATHAN'S, ABBEY ST., a parish, in the county of … of lead containing portions of silver-ore. In one of the mines, called the silver mine, the ore was wrought for some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the township of Langworth, 352 inhabitants. An abbey for Prmonstratensian canons, dedicated to St. Mary, was … the district abounds with coal, but there are no mines in operation; there are quarries of good stone for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The great tithes were granted by Gilbert de Gaunt to the abbey of Bardney; and, at the inclosure of the waste lands, …