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A History of the County of Oxford
… 5 A few jobs were provided by the tollgate and the railway crossings, but the 13 railway labourers recorded in 1851 were temporarily resident. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… towards Kidlington; the dog-leg in Sandy Lane west of the railway predates the line. 69 The canal bridge, near the … the southern tip of the parish. The Oxford-Birmingham railway was opened in 1852 with level crossings in Kidlington … and Sandy Lane. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway line, opened in 1853, passed south of the manor park …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. 1960 as a dormitory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the west bank of the river Goyt, on the road from Manchester to Buxton, and comprises 1266 acres, of a stony … commences here. An act was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company to make a branch to Whaley bridge, 12 miles …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… was passed in 1847, authorizing the construction of a railway, to be called the Swansea and Amman Junction, from … by tramroads with the Glamorganshire canal and the Tf-Vale railway. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with 600 … In 1847 an act was passed for the construction of a railway on the broad gauge from Abercrave Farm, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Earl of Leven, and the Earl of Manchester, besieged the city, then held by the Marquess of … in the North riding. The York and North-Midland railway, proceeding southward, crosses the Leeds and Selby … Barnsley, Wakefield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Manchester, and Liverpool. The Bradford canal, which is three miles in …
Survey of London
… Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was extended from Nine Elms. … was opened on 11th July, 1848. In 1864 the South Eastern Railway extended their line from London Bridge to Waterloo … during the 19th century, and in 1872 the South Eastern Railway Company bought the eastern part of the ground …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Z Z Zandra, George, Spear St, Manchester, carver, gilder, picture frame and looking-glass … and no. 61, 181719. [D] Zanetti, Joseph, 100 King St, Manchester, barometer and looking-glass maker, carver and … makers (1830). [D] Zerbon & Co., 18 Mersey St, Liverpool, carvers and gilders (1807). [D] Zerboni, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… He was at the time travelling on the Somerset and Dorset railway (vide The Field, January 14, 1871). Bustards were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Avonmouth; Bedminster nitidum, Jenyns. Pond, third railway bridge from Clevedon; River Brue at Street fontinale … one near Bath by Mr. Greer, one on a gas lamp at Taunton railway station by Mr. Bidgood, and another near Taunton by … P. gonodactyla, Schiff., is common amongst coltsfoot on railway banks, etc. Amblyptilia acanthodactyla, Hb., occurs …