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A History of the County of York East Riding
… enlarged in 1952 with 627 a. (254 ha.) at North Skirlaugh and Arnold, transferred from Riston civil parish, and 9 a. (3.6 ha.) from Rise civil parish, and the area … but the greater part of the modern housing is private; 77 sewerage for the council houses was provided in the 1950s. 78 …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… is situated some 4 km. north-east of the city of Hull and 8 km. southwest of the North Sea at Aldbrough. Just to … westwards into Thirtleby, in Swine. Improvements to the drainage under the Keyingham Level Drainage Acts of 1772 and later evidently included work on …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… after the probable early loss of land to Sutton parish and the separation in the 17th century of Drypool chapelry. … Moor dike and Forge, later Forth or Fore, dike. 21 Poor drainage is evident from the names Benningholme, Fairholme, … 27 As elsewhere in the Hull valley, 28 effective drainage of the marshy, low grounds, or carrs, only began …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… TUNSTALL THE village of Tunstall lies 21 km. east of Hull and 500 m. from the sea, which bounds the parish to the east. … in 1618, and 78 a. of low ground were assessed to the drainage of the level after 1845; 20 under the Keyingham Level Drainage Acts of 1772 and later the southern boundary stream …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… relatively inaccessible on the other side of the river, and the former village of Sutton on Hull is c. 3 km. to the … a stream, or streams, flowing into Old fleet. 45 The local drainage was evidently much altered by Meaux abbey and other … by the abbey by 1286. 56 Wawne Township c.1755 The drainage of the parish was said to have been injured on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) MIDDLETON-in-Teesdale ( St. Mary), a markettown and parish, in the union of Teesdale, S. W. division of … county of Durham; comprising the chapelry of Egglestone, and the townships of Forest with Frith, Middleton, and … plate coal, but from its depth, and the want of sufficient drainage, it is difficult to work it. There are places of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Elmer, lies along the south coast east of Bognor Regis and in the 20th century was a seaside resort. The ancient … and Elmer Sands building estates cesspits were used for drainage at first and at the former there was a private gas … 63 The New City development had its own drainage and sewerage systems and an electricity generator which supplied …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the island in King's Sedgemoor between the rivers Cary and Parrett. 1Its main settlement is the village of … during the early 17th century it is possible that drainage had deteriorated compared with the late 13th century … 30Churchwardens paid for birdscaring and maintaining drainage from the late 17th century or earlier. They also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Toseland, county of Huntingdon; containing 53 inhabitants, and comprising 850 acres of land. Midridge MIDRIDGE, a … It is situated westward of the road between Darlington and Durham, and comprises by computation 1020 acres of land. … of parliament, in 1812, on the occasion of an extensive drainage of fen lands. It comprises 3450 acres, and is …
Survey of London
… by an agreement of 22 July 1690 between its inhabitants and those of Mile End Old Town. This agreement was confirmed … that the population of the New Town was growing rapidly, and that it was principally composed of handicraft tradesmen, … was divided from east to west by the Common Sewer, a drainage ditch which had apparently been created from an …