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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 … Oakengates. 26 By the third quarter of the 17th century mining was established at Coalpit (later Ketley) Bank and … Lord Gower since 1715, 29 improved and expanded the local mining industry: c. 1730 an atmospheric pumping engine was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… pupilteachers. 70 Courses, ordinary and advanced, included mining, engineering, and commercial subjects. 71 When the … Road, opened in 1927. 73 It became the county centre for mining engineering, and its wide range of courses included … numbers, 76 and in 1962 the engineering, science, and mining departments moved into new buildings in Wellington. 77 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a bailiff, in 1535-6. 1 Settlement grew with industry and mining between the 16th and 19th centuries, hamlets …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… seated 500; there was an adjacent burial ground. In 1867 mining subsidence closed the chapel and a new one was built …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Dean Forest in order to check the felling of timber, coal-mining, and iron-works, which had become more extensive … shortage blamed on the proximity of the parish to the mining areas, a surveyor recommended the building of six new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and malting at Deddington were on a small scale, and slate mining at Stonesfield and gloving near Woodstock were …