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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… advantageous position, from the rapid increase of the coal-trade, and the numerous manufactories in the vicinity, has … boat building, for which there are large yards. The chief trade of the port is the exportation of coal and lime, from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A mechanics' institute was established in 1838. The trade consists principally in the manufacture of articles of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it is equi-distant. It is progressively improving, its trade having been considerably increased by the construction …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of coal, ironstone, and limestone, form the basis of its trade, which chiefly consists in the different branches of … place, and affords much facility for the increase of its trade; the Bristol and Exeter railway, also, runs through the … theatre, neatly fitted up. Races formerly took place. The trade consists chiefly in the exportation of wool, flour, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… new centres, especially that at Malinslee, would draw trade from Wellington town 35 seemed by 1982 to have been …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… with 43 over 16. 62 Presumably many boys left at 14 for trade apprenticeships. From 1929, or earlier, to 1945 the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1674. 88 By custom only burgesses were free to carry on a trade. In the Middle Ages residents who were not burgesses …
A History of the County of Essex
… was still being intensively grown in 1973. 198 Whatever trade the creek and wharf brought through Wennington in … the transport of goods to London. 199 There was little trade in the village. An alehouse which existed in 1630 200 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and a small stream which falls into the Avon. The clothing-trade formerly flourished here, one house alone employing …