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Old and New London
… Moorfields and Finsbury CHAPTER XXVI. MOORFIELDS AND FINSBURY. The Early Days of MoorfieldsCurious … performed. The hospital was next lighted with gas; the drainage, ventilation, and the supply of water improved, by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… to over 160 m. above OD, small areas of Upper Lias Clay and, immediately S. of the village, bands of limestones. … apart from the settlement remains around the village (1) and a possible deserted settlement (3). Medieval and Later … pond. In the surrounding area there are several undatable drainage ditches. The pond is probably a medieval fishpond or …
A History of the County of Essex
… of High Laver Bridge. An unusual number of moated sites and of pre-18th-century houses confirms other evidence which … area. There were 63 inhabited houses in 1801, 73 in 1811, and 69 in 1821. 4 In 1801 the population was 360. 5 By 1851 … by the Herts. and Essex Waterworks Co. 38 There is no sewerage but a site for a pumping-station has been agreed on. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… comprises much of the former Royal Forest of Gillingham and was part of Gillingham parish until 1883. Near the E. … ft. above sea-level; the rest of the parish lies on Gault and Kimmeridge Clay at altitudes between 250 ft. and 500 ft. … The remains have been damaged by a modern track and by drainage ditches and small quarries, but otherwise they are …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 401. Growth of Settlement, p. 403. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 413. Manors and Other Estates, p. … were no changes thereafter. The townships approximated to drainage basins. Harley brook enters the Severn at Sheinton. … Street discharged into it, 84 and in 1866 an improved sewerage scheme was prepared. 85 Mapped as an open …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… most part confined to the main street alongside the river and there had by 1972 been no residential development of the … to the city. The parish is roughly rectangular in shape and covers 2,636 a. Of this area 463 a. lay in the West … the hospital itself stands just within Fulford parish. A sewerage works for York covering about 20 a. was opened …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… out of parts of the ancient parishes of Avening, Horsley, and Minchinhampton, 1 but the area then included had long been distinct and populous, owing its individuality chiefly to the … Nailsworth U.D.C. in 1894. 42 The council carried out a sewerage scheme between 1908 and 1910. 43 Water-supply, by …
A History of the County of Essex
… NAVESTOCK Navestock is about 3 miles south of Ongar and 4 miles north-east of Romford. 1 With an area of 4,518 … stretch of inclosed water in the parish but the poor drainage afforded by the stiff London Clay has encouraged the … the Herts. and Essex Waterworks Co. but there is no main drainage. 47 The Romford Gas Co. acquired powers to supply …
A History of the County of Essex
… of 3,952 a. lying about four miles north of Waltham Abbey and bounded on the west by the river Lea. 1 Most of it is … of market gardening, light industry, holiday fishing, and boating. The land gradually rises from the river to a … Company, and few houses are without a main supply. 27 Main drainage was first provided in 1937, and a further scheme of …
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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… along the main Oxford-Henley road (turnpiked in 1736), and besides the church includes several former inns which served the coaching trade. Houses and farms elsewhere in the parish are more scattered, … ratepayers also discouraged other public works: a sewerage scheme was not agreed until the 1950s, and …