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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1909. The object of the restoration is chiefly by means of drainage and gutters to the roof to arrest the decay of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hallaso Carr, and Stake Hey are mentioned in the Alt Drainage Act of 1779. An amphora of Samian ware was found …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 268 The farm was greatly improved in the late 1840s by drainage schemes carried out by Sir Robert Peel. 269 It was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… separated by deep ditches, which serve for division and drainage. Near the sea coast, and near the mouth of the Alt, … this point. A number of minor names are given in the Alt Drainage Act of 1779; they include Shire Lane Moss, Orrell …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1748.' Another in the churchyard is dated 1781. 3 The Alt Drainage Act (1779) has the following field names: Chew, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by ditches which serve the double purpose of division and drainage, whilst low hawthorn hedges form the divisions in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the agriculture of the neighbourhood and begun the drainage of Martin mere. 81 He added to the family estates …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1794 were again set going. 2 Earthenware, especially in drainage pipes, is an important trade, a peculiar clay being …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… much damage to the capitals and arches. Provision for its drainage has been found here. For an account of the chapel …
A History of the County of York
… the city, inspired no doubt by the widely acclaimed drainage schemes in England and the Netherlands, attempted to …