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A History of the County of Middlesex
… the northeastern corner, which is drained towards Aldenham reservoir (Herts.). The Stanburn stream flows from the lake … boundary and south to the Watford road and the reservoir, with an arm reaching almost to the eastern boundary south of the Grove. Below the reservoir was Little Common, probably the site of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 4 a. near the engine-house were granted by the lord for a reservoir. 74 A pump near the churchyard had often to be kept … from the Hertfordshire border south as far as the reservoir. 88 The adjoining cricket ground, 89 granted as … nearly 7 a., as did Little Common on the far side of the reservoir. Much of the Grove estate, 63 a. bordering the …
Old and New London
… the habitable globe to empty their riches into the great reservoir of London, whence they are again sent through a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by subscription. The Preston Water-works Company have a reservoir here of twenty acres. Grimsbury GRIMSBURY, a …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 1805. Water for the canal was provided by the Saddington reservoir, part of which lies in the north-west corner of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the only untouched sites were on the east side, where a reservoir was soon to be built on a field later bordered by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1766 pumped water for Hackney. Assisted in 1784 by a reservoir at Clapton and with profits from the waterworks … by reconstruction at Lea bridge in 1837. Lea bridge reservoir was built between the river, the cut, and the new channel and in 1838 the reservoir at Clapton was replaced by one at Stamford Hill, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of cultivation; the scenery is varied, and the Hadfield reservoir of the Sheffield water-works is in the township. A … near the source of the former river is the Redmires reservoir of the Sheffield water-works, about 50 acres in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is lighted, and derives its supply of water from a large reservoir in Shepherd's fields, and from pumps attached to the houses; the Hampstead Water Company have a reservoir on the heath, which supplies the inhabitants of …