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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 442 inhabitants, many of whom are employed in copper-mines. This place lies on the road from Leek to Ashbourn, and … good plantations: the land is chiefly in pasture. A colliery and a stone-quarry are in operation. The bleach and … and an octagonal font on an ascent of two steps. Bradwell-Abbey BRADWELL-ABBEY, an extra-parochial liberty, in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Captain Cornewall was born. A monument in Westminster Abbey, erected by a vote of both houses of parliament, … at West Breightmet, with good views. In 1729, William Hulton gave land for the erection of a school, which was … also a fine sheet of water called Stowford Lake, and some mines of manganese. The village is built on the acclivity of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Ruthyn Bridge and Wynford Bridge. There are iron-mines at Pawton, and an iron-foundry: copper has been found, … containing 511 inhabitants. The lands belonged to the abbey of Evesham even before the Conquest. The parish is … containing 82 inhabitants. The manor belonged to Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, but at the Dissolution was purchased by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Dunraven, and R. Turberville Turberville, Esq., of Ewenny Abbey, the former of whom is lord of the manor. The parish … is conveyed to its destination. There are also iron-mines, which, like the collieries, are situated on the south … Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham, and late of Hockley Abbey near that town. It is a spacious building, adapted more …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wet soil; the prospects are very extensive. There are coal-mines, at present not wrought; and stone is obtained in … contains quarries of excellent freestone, and an extensive colliery opened some years ago by Lord Ravensworth and … is rich in mineral produce, and the hamlet contains mines of coal and ironstone, which are extensively worked at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… founded by Robert Fitzharding in 1148, and raised into an abbey in the reign of Henry II., the revenue being at the …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Manchester. S.B. Smith. Manchester M.Sc. 1969. The Darley Abbey cotton spinning and paper mills, 17831810: a study in … R.P. Roberts. Wales M.A. 1953. The papers of John Buddie, colliery viewer, in the Mining Institute, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One great cause of the rapid increase of the place, is its mines of coal and ironstone, which occupy, as far as they are … causes. After the Thick coal has been obtained, the lower mines both of coal and ironstone are worked, and about … the scenery is picturesque. There is a small land-sale colliery, and good building-stone is obtained. The village is …