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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West River, forming a triangle with a base on the river and an apex to the south. It covered 4,694½ a. until 1884, … cut, which began near the village; other streams and drainage channels fell into it from Over. 11The mere was … paid £50 compensation for interference caused by its own drainage works. 12By the 1720s the mere had been drained and …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… towards the Tower. Bequests to the church of the same and ministers thereof; also to John Bolag his servant, upon … said John rendering account of all the testator's goods and chattels in his charge; to his apprentices and servants, … to infectious disorders from over-crowding, want of drainage, &c. Within a year of the date of this will it was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S.E., north-westwards to Cranborne Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, open valleys … In the S. part of the enclosure four Iron Age pits and a drainage ditch were found. ( Dorset Procs., 71 (1949), 6970; …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The … at Wincanton. 76 Its successor, the Cale and Cary Moor Drainage Board, was disbanded c. 1930. 77 By 1806 magistrates … the market trustees responsibilities for water supply and sewerage. A similar committee comprising all the members of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present … in 1319 by Roger Ingpen 76 were uncovered during some sewerage work in the city. Almost opposite St. John's …
A History of the County of Stafford
… were actually being worked, of which 2 were on the demesne and 1 1/2 was worked by 10 villani; the remaining ploughteam … from Repton (Derb.) by William I. There was 8 a. of meadow and an unspecified area of underwood. Together with a mill, … Road on the eastern boundary in 1882 probably manufactured drainage pipes. 21 A tobacco-pipe maker lived near Burton …
A History of the County of Stafford
… middle-class houses were built along the Ashby road, and there has also been extensive 20thcentury council and private housing development in the south-eastern part of … in lounge. Above, Burton, public services (water supply; sewerage). Burton Libr., D. 64/11, p. 276; T.B.N.H.A.S. iv …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies across the valley of the South Winterborne, and slopes up onto the S. Dorset Ridgeway to a height of … Winterborne Came, now only represented by Came House, and Cripton, on the site of the present Came Home Farm. Each … bounded an area formerly under watera withy bed and drainage channels lie immediately to the N. An oval embanked …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … of the Nene Out-fall, which have greatly improved the drainage of large tracts of land in the neighbourhood, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … outfall, a village site protected by the 'Roman Bank', and a landward extension into the fen-was originally the same … 75 of Newton, the owner in 1833. With the improvement of drainage in Newton and Tydd St. Giles fen, the decoy was …