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A History of the County of Stafford
… attempts to acquire another Smethwick firm. 37 In 1854 J. S. Nettlefold, a Birmingham screw manufacturer, had … to Shirley (Warws.). 51 In 1908 the Birmingham firm of J. A. Phillips & Co. Ltd., manufacturer of bicycles and … became Chance Brothers & Co. On acquiring the works R. L. Chance immediately built a second glass-house and in 1828 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… infants' National school was established in 1836 by James Moilliet of the Grove and his wife; the initiative may have … and was designed in a 'free Renaissance style' by F. J. Gill. 68 The extensions of 1952-66, designed by W. W. … for Smethwick Educ. Cttee., 1923), 3-6, 43-6 (copy in W.P.L.); Hackwood, Smethwick, 113. The board referred to itself …
A History of the County of Stafford
… House until his death in 1857. 25 His nephew, Captain H. J. Willett, occupied the house for a few months after his … bayonet-maker. Salter immediately sold 6½ a. to J. L. Moilliet of Smethwick Grove. In 1825 Salter's executors …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the Swan in Oldbury Road. 26 By 1908 land adjoining the Moilliet Arms at Six Ways was used for a wake fun-fair. 27 In … until his death in 1943. 48 His daughter, Kathleen M. J. Billingsley, then became one of the few women newspaper … Ibid. 27 May 1950; Smethwick Telephone, 24 Oct. 1908. W.P.L., log-book of St. Philip's R.C. School, pp. 4-5, 40; 'Old …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 129; it is in the patronage of the Crown, and the Rev. J. Wheeldon and others are impropriators. The great tithes … manors of Skilts and Gattax, the property of the family of Moilliet, and which anciently belonged to the Sheldon family. … soil. Studley Castle, the beautiful seat of Sir Francis L. H. Goodricke, Bart., seated on on eminence, and commanding …
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