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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Venn, was employed convoying ammunition in rowing boats up the river to Reading. 301 In January 16445 a troop …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was Richard Young (1809-71), who had at various times 43 boats operating from the port. Young was a man of more than …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the floor was a d. of Henry II, mediaeval pottery, and whale-bone chessmen ( Arch. LXXVII (1927), 77.) Other walls …
A History of the County of Essex
… William and Benjamin Sandford had 21 oyster layings and 3 boats. William and Thomas Sandford were lead- ing oyster … to yachting, large numbers of sprats were caught by stow-boats for farm manure. The railway enabled the sprats to be … compe- tition from the railways made investment in cargo boats, many of them colliers, less attract- ive. 9 Many …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe with London. 10 In 1713 two Colchester packet boats went weekly from Wivenhoe to London with cloth and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there was a winch just above Godstow bridge to pull boats through the bridge. 81 In 1780 a cut was made through … access to Wolvercote paper mill, but it also enabled boats to join the Thames above King's Weir. 84 The …