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A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Rivers, bridges, wharfs and docks RIVERS, BRIDGES, WHARFS, AND DOCKS. Rivers. Much … the Lea at Stratford was carried out in 19315 to improve drainage and navigation. Drainage was by then especially important. The Stratford Back …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… which crossed the parish, powering both Lydford mill and King a Mill. THE PARISH lay mainly west of the Fosse Way between Shepton Mallet and Ilchester. It is crossed from east to west by the river … Lydford was cold, wet clay, which was not very fertile but drainage under turf had improved the land. Pasture was worth …
Survey of London
… A stroll downhill from Penton Street along Donegal Street and Collier Street, which together constitute an east-west … area, unfolds a miscellany of housing estates, schools and other large buildings that turn their backs on the … brickwork punctuated by windows and private balconies. For drainage purposes the balcony fronts stop just short of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… now of about 1,000 acres, but until recently much larger and including part of Hampreston and all of West Moors, lies on the N. bank of the R. Stour … obliterated or severely damaged, especially by ploughing, drainage and tree planting. Where best preserved, just N. of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a large rural parish of scattered hamlets and farmsteads, lies 6 miles southwest of Gloucester between the River Severn and the Forest of Dean hills. A part of Flaxley parish, … lie under water for most of the year, 13 and in spite of drainage work in the late 19th century 14 it remained liable …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Parish government and public services PARISH GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Like many other royal manors of the … and contamination caused by the lack of any proper sewerage system or arrangements for rubbish disposal. In 1907 …
Old and New London
… Westminster King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, AND THE BROAD SANCTUARY. "Urbs antiqua fuit." Virg., "n.," i. … the construction and adaptation of machinery; and in the drainage of cities and towns." The institution itself …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 9.17., and in the gift of the Executors of the late J. Everitt, … Penyston. The great tithes have been commuted for 355, and the vicarial for 260; the glebe comprises 32 acres. There … parliament, in 1812, on the occasion of a very extensive drainage of Wildmore, and the East and West Fens. Westward …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the village, the hamlets … into the surrounding moor by means of small-scale drainage by tenants, and by sharing agreements between … to 48. In the 1370s and 1380s there were problems with drainage and flooding and repairs to buildings but two …
Old and New London
… Whitehall Precinct and gardens CHAPTER XLVII. WHITEHALL:ITS PRECINCT, GARDENS, … Senec prdivitis hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName changed to Whitehall … of births, deaths, and marriages, public health, drainage, public improvements, local government, &c., and …