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A History of the County of Oxford
… were placed near the chancel arch. A heating system and gas lighting were introduced. 9 In 1896-8 the south arcade …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lateral gutters and pavements; they were lighted by gas from a gasworks built on Brook Hill in 1853. 30 In the … station, library, and car park. Houses were built on the gas works site in 1972, 45 in the Brook Hill area (partly on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 43 men and 600 women, lived in Brook Hill on the later gas works site, but seems also to have worked in Old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rent, and new items included, from 1853, payments to the gas company for street lighting, and in the 1880s payments … rent fell to only 50 by 1930, 47 excluding the rent of the gas works site which occupied a small area on the southern … as a rubbish tip, 49 and in the 1970s that part and the gas works site were built over. 50 In the 17th century and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted with gas by a company established also by act of parliament, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is distinguished. The streets are well paved, lighted with gas, and supplied with river water by means of a … and in 1846, another act was passed for a better supply of gas. A public subscription library was established in … of the safest on the coast: the entrance is lighted with gas. Great improvement was effected in enlarging the quays, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… coast are in the winter subject. The town is lighted with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by …
A History of the County of York
… candle-lighting was improved in 1820 28 and replaced by gas burners in 1824. 29 Greatly improved gas-lighting was introduced into the choir in 1861 30 and extended to the nave in 1863. 31 Incandescent gas lighting appeared in the choir in 1895 and in the nave in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… edge of the built-up area c. 1914. 2 East of the town the gas-works had been opened in 1834 in Lyndhurst Road, and … proliferation of industrial uses near the railway and the gas-works, coupled with the prevailing westerly wind. In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Other officers appointed later were inspectors of gas lighting and coal duties and of hackney carriages and … commissioners agreed with contractors who were to supply gas for 120 street lamps for 21 years, and might supply gas to other consumers. 14 A gasworks was built in Lyndhurst …