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A History of the County of Northampton
… south of Cleley hundred on the north bank of the Great Ouse, which here forms the boundary between Northamptonshire … with Passenham, running in part through fields between the Ouse and the village of Deanshanger (which immediately … Large areas of alluvium occupy the flood plain of the Ouse and the higher land to the south of the village and in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 25 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Ouse, which passes on the north and east; and comprises 694 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 625 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the Great Ouse river, and comprises 1275 a. 1 r. 34 p., of which 543 … river, which is confined by lofty banks. The course of the Ouse has been diverted into a new channel, called the … with a house. The church, situated on the east bank of the Ouse, is chiefly in the later English style, with a square …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bedford; containing 268 inhabitants. The navigable river Ouse bounds it on the north. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as Wivelingham, 96lies on the fen edge south of the river Ouse or Old West River, forming a triangle with a base on the … to ditches flanking Aldreth causeway and thence to the Ouse even in July. 18 The lower parts of the parish around … sluice at Earith diverted the entire flow of the Ouse from the Old West into the New Bedford River, stopping …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is bounded on the south by the Lesser Ouse, which separates it from the county of Suffolk; it … The village is situated on the road to Lynn, and the river Ouse flows up to one extremity of the parish. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated near a branch of the river Ouse, and comprises 5600 acres, of which 4000 are pasture, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The name is supposed to be derived from the river Ouse, then called the Wise, and from the Saxon bec, … might be described as situated at the confluence of the Ouse with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of … at Wisbech to the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the Nene) outfall, a village site protected by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the … areas diagonally across Upwell and Outwell to the Ouse at the Wiggenhalls. The bursting of the bank of the …