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Langford Parish: Langford
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… c. 1923) occupied a vacant plot along the Filkins road. 1 Water supply, previously from wells or surface springs, was … 2 electricity was available from the 1930s, and mains water after the Second World War. 3 52. Langford village c. … have been attempted, and the pits were later filled with water. 13 In 2008 controversial plans to extract gravel on …
Langford Parish: Little Faringdon
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… and streams provided the village and farms with a good water supply, but were liable to flood in winter. 13 59. … and dairy produce were the most important products. A water-powered corn-grist mill operated on the river Leach … resources (Fig. 59). The rivers and streams ensured a good water supply, and produced fish and valuable meadow and …
Langford Parish: Radcot
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… held by Matilda in 1142 was described as 'so surrounded by water and marsh as to be inaccessible', while to the north of … but were later re-aligned along its south-western edge. 4 Water-filled pits in the north-east of the township … his interests against the abbey along a busy stretch of water. 3 The lord's establishment of a market and fair in …
A History of the County of Essex
… glebe was improved by 'chalk rubbish', perhaps brought by water. 19 In 1791 Langham Valley farm's location alongside …
A History of the County of Essex
… bus service. 71 Electricity was supplied in 1933, mains water by 1939, and partial main drainage since c. 1972. 72 In … 253; Kelly's Dir. Essex (1933); C. S. Walker, Nation's Water Supply, 184; above, Boxted, Intro. E.R.O., D/CT 205; …
A History of the County of Essex
… Essex Waterworks Co., and its successor, Essex and Suffolk Water, retained the estate in 1999. 50 Valley House, part … the 1970s, and was restored c. 1980 for Essex and Suffolk Water by Gerald Shenstone and Partners. 53 The freehold …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… houses, and the inhabitants are supplied with excellent water from an adjacent well. A considerable traffic in coal, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sea in Nov. 1824, is bounded on the south-west by the Back-water, which separates it from the remarkable tongue of land called the Chesil Bank: the Back-water is covered with a profusion of aquatic birds of every … lbs., and discharging at every stroke 49 gallons of water. There is also an engine, vulgarly called the "man …