Search
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… above the level of the sea, and is inhabited chiefly by miners and others connected with the lead-works. A … was built on the Megget, for the residence of the miners, by Sir James Johnstone, in which were a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and chain-makers. 11 By 1851 it had reached 1,142, chiefly miners, although no mining had yet started in Walsall Wood …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 'inhabitants were living in the central parts of the town miners and mechanics'. 31 The population rose sharply from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1831, with the district in a disturbed state owing to a miners' strike, 600 special constables were enrolled. During …
A History of the County of Stafford
… playing-field bought in 1925; it was laid out by the Miners' Welfare Committee in the early 1930s. The King George … evidently in the 1850s and occupied in 1861 mostly by coal-miners; they were demolished between the World Wars. A …