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A History of the County of Essex
… the 1920s, and distributions made in money, food, and coal. 22 M. B. Brown of New York had spent some years in …
A History of the County of Essex
… involved in more than one business. He was a warehouseman, coal merchant, and farmer, as well as an oysterman. The … makers. A coalyard was recorded in 1722, and there were 2 coal merchants in 1851. 23 In the 18th century and the early … within the urban district was in agriculture, fishing, and mining, 49.6 per cent in manufacturing, and 38.3 per cent in …
A History of the County of Essex
… unionists, pick- eted Wivenhoe port to try to prevent coal being imported from abroad. 91 V.C.H. Essex, ii. 349; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… by a shallow ditch, was partly destroyed during ironstone-mining. It contained four circles of post-holes. Outside the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whereof two-thirds are pasture, and the remainder arable. Coal-mines have been wrought from time immemorial; conveyance … from Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, in exchange for coal obtained on the estate. The mansion forms one of the … of the population is employed. Workmen are also engaged in mining for ironstone, which is supposed to be in considerable …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wollaton. This lordship, which is small, abounds in pit-coal; it is owned by Lord Middleton, and is old enclosure.The … with, it is said, came from Ancaster, in exchange for pit-coal. Sir Francis Willoughby, the builder of this mansion, … ostentation. "Wollaton," says Camden, "is rich in seams of coal where Sir Francis Willoughby, knight, nobly descended …
A History of the County of Oxford
… installed the first steam-driven machinery and by 1811 coal was being brought weekly by barge via the Oxford canal …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by several tramways communicating with the extensive coal and iron mines at Ketley and in the neighbourhood, which … partly to the poor rate and partly to the distribution of coal. Womenswould (St. Margaret) WOMENSWOULD ( St. Margaret), … is Honey-street wharf: a considerable trade in timber and coal is carried on, and a great number of canal boats and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… coppice remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits were sunk around … 1882 and 1902, when the mill pond was filled in. 21 Coal and ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the … priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is likely that both coal and ironstone, found in alternate bands, were raised. …