Evidence on coal in Kent 2
Evidence from local farmer William Knox Child about the price and availability of coal in Kent.
Title
Evidence to Opposed Bill Committee on South Eastern Railway
Date
24 March 1836, p.250
Catalogue number
Parliamentary Archives, HC/CL/PB/2/2/36
Transcript
Q continued: ...be an advantage also by having a Railroad conveyance for Coals.
A: I can only say we consider coals very High at Tunbridge. I have got the prices for the last 6 or 7 years I paid for my own family supply. We thought them very high. I believe the Medway is in the habit of dividing large profits.
Q: Will you read the prices.
A: By the Tunbridge Wharf the price of Coals in...