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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Separate courts were held for Daubeneys, Bruces, and Pembrokes and, at least from 1422-3, for Mockings 95 until 1429, after … pursuit of rapid building and consequent trouble over sewerage brought the board's reputation to a low point by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the year, the old system of rewards was abandoned in 1844, and expenses were paid out of the waste-land fund. 64 … Water Board, which thereafter supplied the entire area. 81 Sewerage was the worst problem arising from Tottenham's … higher neighbourhoods, proposals for a joint Lea Valley drainage scheme were stifled by parochialism, and in 1869 the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering some 1500 hectares, lies on land between 135 m. and 85 m. above OD, sloping to the R. Tove which crosses its … excavated within and outside the town during a major drainage scheme. The numerous casual finds reported over the … as the tail of the rampart has been noted during drainage work near the N. corner (SP 69194896; inf. Mrs. C. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1292the usual mediaeval spelling; Eyntre occurs; Ayntree and Ayntrie, xvi cent. This triangular township forms the … population in 1901 was 261. The county is extremely flat, and in the northern portion of the township the level of the … and the rise of industries in the neighbourhood. The Alt Drainage Act of 1779 mentions Bull Bridge, and gives some …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Blackrod BLACKROD Blakerode, 1200, and commonly; Blacrode, 1220. The township of Blackrod … about 520 ft., is near the centre, where the church and village are situated. The ground slopes away to the … in 1872, 5 and it provided for the water supply and drainage of the township. 6 In 1894 it was transformed into …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… name has long since fallen into disuse, though Martin Hall and Martin Mere preserve it. Bordering on the mere is the … meeting point of the three townships of Lathom, Ormskirk, and Burscough. The main road through the township is the … by the waters of Martin Mere. An effective system of drainage and constant pumping operations keep the ground from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… border of Staveley. It lies between Windermere on the west and the River Winster, the county boundary, on the east. At … with the Fell Chapel about a mile to the north, and Burblethwaite another mile beyond it. Still further north … 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
… Townships Church CHURCH Chirche, 1202 and usually; Chiereche, 1203; Chierche, 1204. The township of … flows another brook running north-west from Accrington, and the older part of the town lies between these brooks. At … The outfall works of the Accrington and Church Joint Sewerage Board, formed in 1884, 3 are at Coppy Clough in this …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… that level. The three villages, Downholland, Haskayne, and Barton are situated on the higher ground. The lower … ground is of a marshy character, but mostly reclaimed and converted into fertile fields, drained by ditches in the … 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
… but 6 a. of its 1,313 a.), the parish of Tamhorn (793 a.), and a small portion of the parishes of Elford and Wigginton. 2 Fisherwick and Tamhorn were formerly … 268 The farm was greatly improved in the late 1840s by drainage schemes carried out by Sir Robert Peel. 269 It was …