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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Town government and public services TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. … that it had no present intention of altering the system of drainage, and it would only proceed with the reconstruction … government began to complain repeatedly about the lack of sewerage and the pollution of the Swan River. It was the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were transferred to Horsham Rural civil parish in 1933, and in 1971 Warnham contained 1,991 ha. (4,920 a.). 46 In … the parish exchanged land in the north-east with Rusper and gained land in the east from Horsham Rural, the railway … the supply to Kingsfold was still not constant. 78 Main drainage was installed in the village by the vestry in 1857. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 6Feoffees for the town held the Town osier holts by 1522, and the Jesus holt (perhaps former guild property), 6 a. of arable, and 5 ½ a. of meadow by 1577. 7 That copyhold, in 1617 … rent, by 1836 £87 a year, to education. The rest went on drainage rates, ditching, and mole catching, but almost £200 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the other none, while there were altogether 21 bordars and 23 cottars. Although there were only 5 ½ ploughlands, the … under permanent cultivation for corn, following the drainage Act of 1741. 22 In 1814 the whole area around Denny … despite some opposition in 1813, 59 along with a new drainage Act. 60 The allotments were set out in 1814, 61 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… boundary follows on the southwest old open field divisions and the Car Dyke or Old Tillage, the 2nd-century navigation … the Ouse. 97The northern boundary, partly following a drainage ditch, was probably laid down when fenland … c. 24, pp. 439-58; C.J. xxiii. 594, 690. Stretham Common Drainage Act, 6 Geo. III, c. 93 (Priv. Act); Waterbeach Level …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Government Local government In the 1290s both Waterbeach and Denny manors had view of frankpledge. Under Henry III's charter to the Templars Denny manor also had waifs and strays and felons' goods. 33Waterbeach manor's right to … sleeping by day. 44It repeatedly demanded maintenance of drainage, and sometimes in the 16th century exacted highway …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Watford (St. Mary) WATFORD ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty … a morass, with a decoy in the centre; it was reclaimed by drainage, and is now sound and useful land. A great part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, Droitwich and E. divisions of the county of Worcester; containing 792 inhabitants, and comprising 2024 acres. Weddington (St. James) WEDDINGTON … elevated above the adjacent level, which from the drainage effected during the last half century, has been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… SP 88 SE, b SP 98 SW) The parish covers some 640 hectares and lies immediately N. of Kettering. It is of irregular shape and is bisected by the R. Ise, here flowing S. in a broad, … the rides still exist. Most of them are lined with recut drainage ditches. Where the original woodland has been …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parish of Wembdon 93 were assessed at nearly 6¾ hides and had land for 18 ploughteams. The recorded teams numbered … with 4 of the hides; the agricultural tenants, 13 villani and 20 bordars, had 7½ teams with the remaining 2½ hides. … Fichet manor in 1766 was allowed a rent reduction for drainage work. 30 Commoners on Wildmarsh and Harp were …