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A History of the County of Stafford
… (Worcs.) undertook to supply it with six tons of iron a week. 70 Thomas Foley of Stourbridge and Gerard Fowke of … was producing between 400,000 and 500,000 bricks every week, while at the adjacent Albion Brickworks Wood & Ivery …
A History of the County of Stafford
… children were at schools where fees were more than 9 d. a week, and there were 5 cheaper private-adventure schools with … formation of the new parish in 1837. In 1842 fees, 2 d. a week, were charged only in the infants' department, 1 but by … on the books, of whom 10 were taught free, 50 paid 2 d. a week, and 24 3 d. a week. 46 There was then accommodation for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to have been chosen by the vestry at its meeting in Easter week; from 1736 the minister normally chose one and the … The aged, however, were not to receive more than 6 d. a week unless they had been 'industrious and careful in their … 'to set the poor in the workhouse by the head by the week' at the rate of 2 s. each. 83 In 1788 the governor …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Movement, also known as the Blue Ribbon Army, held a four-week mission in West Bromwich. The mission was followed by … by the Wesleys' preaching began to meet one evening a week in a house in the Mayer's Green area. At the end of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… F. 1228, and in W.B.L.). Souvenir of West Bromwich Jubilee Week (1935), 7 (copy in W.B.L.); O.S. Map 1/2,500, Staffs. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to West Bromwich. He began to visit a house there every week to instruct the children of the family, but …
A History of the County of Stafford
… first Monday in November and by the 1850s often lasted a week. Stalls were set up in High Street and shows housed in a … was celebrated and the custom of 'heaving' in Easter Week was popular in some districts. 7 May Day celebrations, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1324 twelve courts were held, at intervals varying from a week to three months. It is likely that the 16th century …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… as well as rent; the standard service was a day's labour a week, for which the tenant received 8 sheaves of wheat … the right of fishing the Colne on three days in the week, 'with all lawful engines', 46 for a payment of 2 d. a … general rate of wages in the parish was said to be 12 s. a week, on which sum, a contemporary of a neighbouring parish …