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A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Other estates OTHER ESTATES. The Beakes, a moated farmhouse in the south of Smethwick, belonged to William Hunt of the Ruck of Stones in … to live at the Beakes and began to buy more property in Smethwick. In 1710 he became lord of the manor of Smethwick, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Parliamentary history PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. In 1918 the borough of Smethwick, formerly included in the Handsworth division of … Oswald formed the New Party, but he continued to represent Smethwick until the dissolution of Parliament later the same …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Protestant Nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. … of God in 1955. 58 Baptists. The Baptist cause in Smethwick was founded in 1839 when the minister from Bethel … rebuilt it in 1876. 59 In 1866 an evangelist was sent to Smethwick by the Midland Baptist Association. At first he …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. By the mid 19th century Smethwick had the usual sanitary problems of a growing town. … to human life. All the same it was claimed in 1854 that Smethwick's sanitary condition compared favourably with that …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Roman Catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The first mission in Smethwick was founded by members of the Oratory in Hagley … a fact which accounts for the dedication of the church in Smethwick to St. Philip Neri, founder of the Congregation of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Sikhs SIKHS. Most of the Indians who settled in Smethwick in the 1950s were Sikhs from the Punjab. Many held … was then said to be the largest Sikh temple in Europe. 23 Smethwick Telephone, 29 Nov. 1957. G.R.O., Worship Reg. no. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick Social life SOCIAL LIFE. A wake, held in mid … existed by 1826. 24 Its origin is not known; Harborne, Smethwick's mother parish, held its wake in September. 25 In … and prizefighting; 31 about that time a newcomer to Smethwick found that the only pastimes were bull- and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Smethwick The growth of the town THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN. … 47 stood to the south of the former site of the Red Cow. Smethwick Cross at Bearwood Hill is mentioned in the 17th and … open country, with several farms and large houses. 59 Smethwick Old Church was built there in 1732 and its school …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… particularly in those of Sedgley, Rowley, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Tipton, Wombourne, Pelsall, and the Foreign of …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… hundred Offelowe. Horborne et Smethewyk[es] (Harbourne and Smethwick). s. d. De Adam de Watecrofte v. v. qu. Thom' …