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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of plants and shells are occasionally found in the iron-mines. Dr. Withering, author of A Botanical Arrangement of … three miles from each; and comprises 5360 acres. Coal-mines are in operation, and the shaft of a new pit has lately …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Victoria Toy Works. 36 It closed c. 1959. 37 Quarries, mines, and sandpits. Carboniferous limestone outcropped in … 1324/1. Salop. News Letter, xxxviii. 18; I. J. Brown, Mines of Salop. (Buxton, 1976), 48. O.S. Maps 1/25,000, SJ 60 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… ix. 45. Hearth Tax 1672, 86. Below, Econ. Hist. (Quarries, Mines, and Sandpits). Above, L. Wenlock, Growth of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is rich in mineral treasure, and the tin and copper mines within its limits afford employment to many of the … II., the place was noted for its lime-quarries and copper-mines, of which the former are still extensive, but the … containing 1091 inhabitants. There are some coal and iron mines, and extensive quarries of limestone. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The substratum abounds with coal, of which extensive mines are in operation; and lead-ore appears to have been … stone called Cotham stone is obtained, and some lead-mines were formerly in operation. About a mile and a half …