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A History of the County of Gloucester
… street paving and cleaning, the upkeep of the town water supply, the expenses of the members of parliament, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… fringes of the town, evidently making use of the water of the river Twyver. 82 The dyers were the most …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… being made in the third of these years. The rent of a new water-mill added another 5 in 13045, and in the same year … years later. 93 In 1303 Oysel was ordered to make a new water-mill on the Old Hull; 94 timber costing 61 was brought … to the fee of Aumale; the lordship of the port and water was his. 101 At that time the lordship of Holderness …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may have become more navigable as the growing number of water-mills controlled the flow of water, 43 but there are also signs of royal initiative in … of St. Michael at the Northgate. The building of early water-mills caused many changes in the branches of the river …
A History of the County of York
… kingdom, for whose entertainment venison was brought by water from Torksey (Lincs.). 21 By this time, however, the …
A Dictionary of London
… and business houses. Meeting House Court West out of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.C. 1732, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is of great beauty, and is enriched by a spacious sheet of water formed by the river Lea, that flows through the … of freestone, and the inhabitants are well supplied with water. Two mineral springs, one saline and the other …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of huge stones covered by the tides, but appearing at low water: it stretches westward into the sea, from near the … causeways or embankments of Cantrev Gwaelod. The depth of water over the whole extent of the bay of Cardigan is not … coins of various emperors, have been found below high-water mark: in different places in the water, also, are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… nearly 800 per annum; and the town has a good supply of water. Here is a building fourteen feet in diameter, called …