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A History of the County of Gloucester
… others, also caused difficulties for the collectors. 24 New facilities provided by the corporation enabled it, … 26 was leased at c. 50 in the 1780s; it was replaced by a new machine in Upper Quay Lane in 1815 and a second machine … as 'idle and disorderly' might be whipped from the prison at the north gate round the wheat market near the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 17911835 In the last years of the 18th century a new spirit of enterprise, that would eventually transform … river at Framilode in 1779, but it was given up when the new county gaol was built on the site planned for the terminus. A new scheme, for a canal between Gloucester and the river at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 70 or 80 years of the period covered by this chapter. Such new initiatives in the field of trade and industry as there … the Napoleonic Wars there were at last signs of progress. New initiatives culminated in 1827 in the opening of the … and industrial expansion in the Victorian era. There was new building on the outskirts of the city, associated in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the general election in September the corporation backed a new candidate, John Webb of Cote House, Westbury on Trym, and … promoting the building of Worcester Street and the new cattle market. 14 He and Edward Webb, both supporting … voted at the 1830 election and 1,197 (out of 1,300 on the new register) at that of 1832. This section is based on J. A. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… thirty-five pounds'. 11 Soon afterwards the building of a new theatre in St. Mary's Square was begun, but it was … Greyhound and the Saracen's Head in Eastgate Street, the New Inn in Northgate Street, and the Talbot in Southgate … the Spread Eagle, benefiting from the opening of the new cattle market nearby, joined the ranks of the leading …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was matched by the lack of physical growth. There was some new building in the inner part of Barton Street. 1 Houses … 2 and soon after 1763 the woolstapler James Helps built new houses and workshops some way beyond the boundary … adjoining the later Charlton House. 3 That and other new building led to the moving of the turnpike further out, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… their advantage by almost total domination of the new aldermanic bench. 12 In contrast the new charity trustees represented a balance of political … that of the enlarged parliamentary borough. The county prison and asylum, though within the extended boundary, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Williams & James, founded in 1915, was one of several new enterprises. 5 At Hempsted c. 350 men were engaged … and foreign competition, 9 was unable to sustain a new factory, built at Hempsted bridge in 1920 and closed in … to a factory at High Orchard. 21 In the late 1930s several new industries were established, 22 and among older ones to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… city lost population. In the mid and later 19th century new building took place mostly outside the municipal boundary … 106,377 tons in 1852 and then fell to 48,760 tons in 1856. New yards were opened in the Bristol Road area and the number … the construction of a branch railway from Over to a new wharf at Llanthony, was begun by the Gloucester and Dean …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… borough was enlarged to take in most of the suburbs, the new boundary including Dockham ditch on the north, the Wotton … unrepresented in parliament until 1862 when a writ for a new election was issued. The Liberal candidates, including … poor-law guardians, 3 magistrates, and 5 solicitors. 22 No new writ was issued for the seat vacated by Robinson 23 but a …
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