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A History of the County of Oxford
… power was supplied by a traction engine and later a gas engine. Many workers came from Minster Lovell. By 1913 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… establishment c. 1907 of the Bampton, Aston and District Gas and Water Co. the water supply was chiefly from wells … Council. 78 Electricity was introduced before 1949, 79 gas before 1939, 80 and mains drainage c. 1967. 81 There was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to a small stream; the streets are paved, and lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are well supplied with water. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was 1,805 in 1961, falling to 1,527 by 1981. 94 A gas company was formed for Blakeney before 1876 with its … at Nibley. 95 It was apparently absorbed by the Lydney gas company in the late 1930s. 96 Blakeney's street-lighting … in 1906 97 presumably lit the village streets with gas. Other services for Blakeney were not provided until the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Leighton in Bedfordshire; and is lighted with gas, and paved under the direction of a body called "the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The principal streets are well paved, and lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with water, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its influx, emits a considerable quantity of carbonic acid gas, and possesses a temperature of 60 of Fahrenheit. There …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the border of Leicestershire; the streets are lighted with gas, and the supply of water is generally abundant. A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century; 26 a private attempt in the 1860s to introduce gas lighting failed. 27 The Bampton, Aston, and District Gas and Water Co., later part of the Mid-Oxfordshire Gas and Water Co., established a gas works south of Aston …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with oil-paint. 202 In 1841 the church was lighted by gas. 203 In 1858, at the instigation of the vicar, the … was made in 1948. 271 Electric light replaced the earlier gas lighting in 1903. In 1952 overhead gas heaters were installed in place of the earlier Gurney …
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