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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… up, by agreement with the proprietors of the Trent and Mersey canal, which runs by its side; and as connected with … when the Derby canal was completed, in 1794. The Trent and Mersey or Grand Trunk canal, which forms part of the … railway. The Derby canal commences in the Trent and Mersey canal, north of Swarkston, proceeds to Derby, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chapelry, which is separated from Cheshire by the river Mersey, consists of the townships of Didsbury, Heaton-Norris, … weaving, and bleaching manufactory, called Heaton-Mersey mills, employs about 1000 hands. The living is a … district; and another church has just been built at Heaton-Mersey, to which that part of the township of Heaton-Norris …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the Hall of that name. The township lies near the river Mersey, and comprises 1798 acres; there are fine views of the …
A History of the County of Chester
… advanced positions and withdraw his main forces beyond the Mersey because of the reported approach of a royalist army. 9 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Birkenhead railway, and is situated on the river Mersey. In the township of Eastham are 1205 acres, of a sandy … soil. About a mile from the village is a ferry on the Mersey, where is an hotel of recent erection, with …
A History of the County of Chester
… that routes to Chester from north Wales and north of the Mersey had to be protected for the duration of the fair. 5 By …
A History of the County of Chester
… under the last Act a new through road was made from the Mersey ferries to Queensferry, taking away from Chester all … followed what was probably a Roman road 58 to cross the Mersey by Warrington bridge. 59 In the 1370s the road left … was 'Blakestrete', which in 1357 led from Chester to the Mersey ferry at Birkenhead. 70 The Dee fords at Blacon Point …
A History of the County of Chester
… trade from central Cheshire away from Chester to the Mersey, 63 and the Trent and Mersey Canal Act of 1766 threatened to strengthen still … that threat, no apparent opposition to the Trent and Mersey Bill was voiced in Chester, but within two years of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… departments were co-educational and the infants separate: Mersey Street, Estcourt Street, Thoresby Street, and Wheeler … it became entirely a nursery sch. Av. att. was 80 in 1963. Mersey High: formed in 1945 from the senior dept. of Mersey St. Sch. It had 440 pupils in 1963. Mersey St.: built …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it has its confluence with the Trent. The Trent and Mersey canal crosses the Dove by an aqueduct of twelve …