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Moss Pit. William Moss & Son were builders, railway contractors and coal merchants in Stafford from 1855 to 1884 when William Moss[1] was killed at his sand and gravel pit now called Moss Pit. William Moss and his son Samuel built railway lines around the Midlands[2] including the Queensville curve in Stafford. Around 1916 to 1918 William's grandson Percy George Shaw Moss was an alderman of the Borough of Stafford in the West Midlands.
References
edit- ^ "Claim For Wages". The Staffordshire Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. 8 July 1876. p. 6.
- ^ "Little Bowden". Leicester Journal. Leicester, Leicestershire, England. 13 June 1879. p. 3.
External links
edit- http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ MOSS, STAFFORD, RAILWAY BUILDERS.
- http://www.britains-smallwars/cyprus/military[permanent dead link] police/John Moss-Norbury. Stafford, England 1881 Census "William Moss, railway contractor, Wolverhampton Road, Stafford".
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