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A History of the County of York East Riding
… and were led by Joseph Hind. Opposition to the waterworks proved a popular cause, and it is easy to see how … one Conservative. Joseph Hind's election slogan was 'No waterworks, no half-crown rate!'. Alfred Crosskill, of the … Cart & Waggon Co., who had campaigned actively against the waterworks, became mayor in 1875, and a period of Liberal …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wicks, the vociferous champion of the purchase of the waterworks, lost his seat on the council to the delight of … the borough librarian for 30, the superintendant of the waterworks for 46, and the museum curator for 24. 16 A …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… corporation contributed to the cost of the new Stoneferry waterworks, provided a new dry dock and a new landing-pier … corporation received an annual payment of 2,600 from the waterworks committee, in addition to existing sources of … alternative was to draw supplies from the River Hull. A waterworks committee had been appointed in 1838, and after …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there were committees dealing on a regular basis with the waterworks, Port Meadow, and the city estates, an audit … additional land at Eynsham (1,043), investment in the city waterworks (over 3,300), and the cost of a campaign against … was almost as limited as that of its predecessor: only the waterworks and the gaol were in its exclusive control. The …
A History of the County of York
… not without considerable bickering. In contrast, the waterworks company early established itself in the …
A History of the County of York
… an application to Parliament for extra powers by the York Waterworks Company. 4 Later in the same year a motion …
A History of the County of York
… in the city, some 3,000 were supplied with water by the Waterworks Company at a charge of between 9 d. and 1 s. in … but at a lower point on the Ouse than that at which the waterworks obtained their supply. The Ouse at least flowed …
A History of the County of York
… of the city's municipal and private hospitals, but the waterworks remained in private hands in 1959. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… the village. 37 Water is supplied by the Herts. and Essex Waterworks Co. 38 There is no sewerage but a site for a … from Chief Constable of Essex. Inf. from Herts. & Essex Waterworks Co. Inf. from Rector of Moreton. Inf. from East. …
A History of the County of Essex
… water is supplied to the parish by the Herts. and Essex Waterworks Co. but there is no main drainage. 47 The Romford … Ibid. (1894). Ibid. (1898 f.). Inf. from Herts. & Essex Waterworks Co. and Miss O. Porter. Inf. from North Thames Gas …