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Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… of Lochdochart. For a lease of the tenth part of the mines and minerals on his lands. North Britain Book XIV. p. … from James Mainwaring. For a reversionary lease of lead mines in Prestatyn, co. Flint. Crown Lease Book VII. p. 69. … William Campbell of [Lochdochart], concerning a lease of mines. 1 page. Appending:( a) Said petition with order of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and iron to Birmingham and other places, from the numerous mines on its banks, and for sending the manufactured goods of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and one of firestone of great value; and three coal-mines are in operation, affording employment to 700 or 800 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… land has escaped conversion into stone-quarries and coal-mines, is occupied in grazing cattle. The village has grown … the last twenty years: the population is employed in the mines and the cotton manufacture. The road from Manchester to …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… methods of raising water, primarily for draining land and mines but with the supply of water as a secondary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the population are employed in the iron-works, coal-mines, stone-quarries, and various manufacturing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its chief support is derived from the neighbouring lead-mines, where the population is employed. A customary market, … and Germany. For the conveyance of the produce of the mines and potteries to the port, great facility is afforded … is one of the deepest and most scientifically formed coal-mines in the kingdom, belonging to Messrs. Pemberton and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which are for exportation. In the vicinity are numerous mines, yielding a superior kind of coal, which, from its … 11 p. Coal and ironstone are plentiful, and three or four mines are at present in operation: locks and keys, …