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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Dale - St. David's D Dale DALE, a village and parish, in the union of Haverfordwest, hundred of Rhs, … whose time it was dignified with the title of a borough, and appears to have enjoyed certain immunities. It still … during their respective seasons; and there is a small trade in the importation of coal and culm from the interior …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the manor was held by a Saxon chief named Gilmichael, and it was afterwards annexed to the manor of Burton; soon … I. it seems to have been granted to the family of Burton, and the lands were subsequently possessed by various … established in 1703, has been discontinued since 1789. The trade is chiefly in malt, which is sold to a great extent; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Walsall, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 1 mile (N. W. by W.) from … the most superior quality, and made largely for the London trade. The iron and steel works of Messrs. Bills and Mills … and other fabrics were made in great quantities; but this trade was almost superseded by the manufacture of linen, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… All Saints), a parish, in the hundred of Broadwater, union and county of Hertford, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Welwyn; … are chiefly employed in maritime occupations: the trade is in coal, slop goods, and articles requisite for the … common centre: it was formerly a staple town for the wool-trade; at present the manufacture of leather is carried on to …
Survey of London
… Mews are the steep descent into it from Davies Street and its considerable width. For most of its length the mews … an effect on the relationship between the mews buildings and the houses to which they belonged. At No. 16 Grosvenor … Street, for instance, not only were the coach-houses and stables at the same level as the basement of the house …
Survey of London
… with a return front to Davies Street, is a much-extended and enlarged earlyGeorgian house built in the 1720's (Plate 18a), and to the east and south-east is a substantial Edwardian … Whether, as seems likely, Barlow himself, a carpenter by trade, was the builder, is not known for certain, nor whether …
Survey of London
… available to builders by several agreements between 1720 and 1723. 1 Initially it was envisaged that good-class houses … four fifths of the householders earned their living from trade, the majority by selling food or drink (including the … The first rebuildings to take place were in furtherance of trade. In 1785 a triangular plot at the junction of Davies …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The element leah, in the township names Dawley and Malinslee and in the minor names Brandlee, Doseley, … tons) of furnace coal, 5,733 tons of coal for the Severn trade, and landsale coal to the value of £620 in 1779-80. By … at Lightmoor and Dawley Castle. The depression in the iron trade in the 1870s and 1880s eventually led to the closure of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… EDUCATION. Richard Wilding, curate of Daw ley in 1605, and William Banks, rector of Stirchley 1715-58, probably held schools in Dawley 45 and Richard Poyner was recorded as a schoolmaster there … and only 7 children paid school pence. 72 Because of the trade depression of the mid 1880s the company discontinued …