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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… connected with the manufacture. The Gloucester and Bristol railway passes near the town, on the west, where is the … passes through the parish; and the Bristol and Exeter railway, on which is a station within 2 miles, skirts it on … last river enters the Lune below Hornby. The North-Western railway into Yorkshire is distant only about half a mile. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the … village is pleasantly situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… houses. 13 The presence of the spa and (by 1856) a railway halt led to the emergence of Admaston as a small, … yard. 46 Traffic ceased on the canal in the 1920s. 47 Two railway lines crossed the parish, converging on Wellington. … late 18th century or earlier, it closed c. 1856 after the railway reached Wellington. It then became a farmhouse but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are watered by a rivulet. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway skirts the parish on the east. The living is a … on a public thoroughfare. An act was passed in 1846, for a railway from the Great Western line at Maidenhead, to … of the Ashford and Canterbury portion of the South-Eastern railway, 5 miles distant from Ashford, and 9 from Canterbury. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the home and export markets. In the early 20th century railway engine manufacture ceased, but large gas engines …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A bell of 1891 was hung in the tower. 41 In 1884 the Nabb mission was built on land given by the Lilleshall Co., the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 70 Attendance averaged 20 in 1982. 71 In 1870 a brick mission in Lincoln Road opened, reputedly for poor people … 76 By 1923 the Brethren had moved from Oakengates to a Gospel Hall in West Street, which they still used in 1983. 77 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… holders voted to retain the 56 rented places. 17 An iron mission chapel was built at Charlton after 1875. In 1898 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Huddersfield pass through; and the WestRiding Union railway, which also runs through the parish, has a station at … in 1835, separates Wylam from the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. On both sides of the river are extensive collieries, … brewery and malting establishment. The Norwich and Brandon railway passes by the town; and here branches off a line to …