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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… water brought by pipes from the hills on its eastern side. Gas-works were erected in 1838. The chief employment of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… has been erected. The town is paved, and lighted with gas. From the late improvement in the system of draining, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the building is not now used for its original purpose. A Gas Company was formed in 1867. 11 Outwell was probably the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… so severely reduced in 1823 46 were replaced in 1832 by gas lighting, the quality of which was for a long time unsatisfactory and the prices high. 47The Wisbech Gas Light and Coke Company, with works in Eastfield, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and consists principally of one long street, lighted with gas, paved, and supplied with water from wells. Here is a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Street before 1840; besides being ironmongers they were gas-fitters, bellhangers, locksmiths, and brass- and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 20th century steam- and waterpower was supplemented by gas engines and (at Mount Mills) by an oil engine, and from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Brewery west of Church Green, established about 1839, a gas works east of High Street, established by 1840, Daniel … by the council from around 1913, gradually superseded gas, mains sewerage was improved and extended, and leisure …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an original feature, and all the Mill Street cottages had gas from the outset, part of a steady but by no means universal improvement in domestic amenities (gas, water supply, electricity, and sanitation) during the … by recent provision of mains water, and in 1910 some had gas geysers. 140 Larger Houses The cottages discussed were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with local companies for street lighting, and for gas and (later) electricity supply; from the early 20th … 70), roads, paving, and scavenging (685), lighting and gas (250), sewerage (54), and rents and general costs (85). … 1936. 286 Public Utilities and Street Lighting The Witney Gas (later Gas and Coke) Co. built a gasworks east of High …