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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the township, worked from what is called the Tanfield colliery, and it also contains some iron-ore. Beamsley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the ocean, and contains the sequestered ruins of Calder Abbey, described under Calder-Bridge. Freestone is obtained. … chapel. An alien priory of Augustine canons, a cell to the abbey of St. Martin and St. Barbara, in Normandy, formerly … which the sovereign walked from Westminster Hall to the Abbey. During the civil war in the reign of Charles I., this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 339 are common or waste; it abounds with coal, and some mines are in full operation. The living is a rectory, with … canals unite in the parish, and from the principal colliery a tramroad has been laid down for the conveyance of … William de Meschines, lord of Copeland, as a cell to the abbey of St. Mary at York; and in 1219 was pillaged by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wrought for more than two centuries, and of which several mines are still in operation. The village is on an eminence …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… limestone. 89 About 1250 Philip of Benthall gave Buildwas abbey free right of way across Benthall for the carriage of … Broseley into Benthall as an area of settlement called the Mines. Both had probably begun to grow in the late 16th … easily won reserves were probably worked out, Benthall's mines may never again have equalled Broseley's. 85 Pierce & …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A part of the population is employed in Bigge's-main colliery. Benton Park mansion, originally built a century … of whom, when a boy, worked in the pits at Long Benton colliery, and the latter was a brakesman at Killingworth colliery. Bentworth (St. Mary) BENTWORTH ( St. Mary), a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 252,945. The chief seats are, Thirlstane Castle, Dryburgh Abbey, Mellerstain, Hirsel, Marchmont, Lady Kirk, Blackadder, … the inhabitants are employed in agriculture, and in the mines and quarries in the neighbourhood. The church was … between Alloa and Kinross. Coal is abundant, and several mines are at present in operation; ironstone, of which the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… works, although it is said there are not more promising mines in the principality. On the summits of the two … mountains abound with lead-ore, but none of the mines have been worked for some time: a few of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste: the vicinity formerly abounded with valuable lead-mines, which were worked to a considerable extent. The tithes …