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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and of the late 16th century or early 17th, unusually for Wootton Rivers was built on an L plan. By 1732 cottages, … of the site of the pond several houses and four bungalows for old people were built in the 20th century. In the later … Lilbourne was diverted to run beside and south of it for c. 150 m.; 25 that part of the lane was later called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Severn, to secure his conquests. Great numbers of coins and other relics have been discovered in and near … ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … gas, and supplied with river water by means of a steam-engine, erected on the eastern bank of the Severn at a place …
A History of the County of Essex
… 43 The River Stour Navigation Co. made the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to Sudbury between 1705 and 1709, … century and early 19th heavy goods, like the coal brought for the workhouse in 1832, were imported by river. From the … Guard were formed, and Worming- ford was allocated a fire engine. 83 A village hall, built in 1949 on the south side of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … off Lyndhurst Road north-east of the town, with a pumping-engine and water-tower near by, and mains were laid in the town. 81 Another engine had been added by 1865, 82 a new storage tank was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … built, and of neat appearance. It has long been celebrated for the manufacture of fine broad-cloth, which affords … same down, upon opening a tumulus in 1815, several hundred coins of the Lower Empire were discovered, with fragments of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and … of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the vicarial for 310. 19., and the glebe … Britons, various discoveries having been made of British coins, and of fragments of brass armour and military weapons. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by … mining in the 18th and 19th centuries may have accounted for the scatters of squatters' cottages south-west of … 1850s when terraces were built in various styles, largely for workers at the Lilleshall Co.'s Priorslee blast furnaces …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 The … rose to over 400 dozens a month, and in 1782 a pumping engine was installed, probably at the Nabb. 94 Between the … home and export markets. In the early 20th century railway engine manufacture ceased, but large gas engines began to be …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (16 miles N.E. of Cirencester) As well as the evidence for Romano-British occupation noted below, isolated finds of … closely located. They are as follows: a. Several Roman coins 1 were found in the garden of Heath Hill House (SP …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… reference is made ( B.A.A. Journ., XX, p. 273) to five coins, one of Nerva, one of Trajan and three of Hadrian found … slope of the hill 600 yards S.E. of the church, extending for approximately mile. …