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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants are well supplied with water. The Kennet and Avon canal passes a little to the south. A paper-mill at …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… besides which he built a fine college at Stratford-upon-Avon, the place of his birth, which he amply endowed; and he …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… seems at first to have been preferred. 66 The Kennet & Avon Canal, work on which began in 1796, 67 was diverted to … There was also a line of small houses, called in 1871 Avon Row 265 and since 1885 Avon Terrace, 266 between Bath Road and Rotherstone House. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… was further developed by the opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal. This canal was authorized in 1794 and finished in … into wards; the North Ward, to the north of the Kennet and Avon Canal and the South Ward to the south; each ward was to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… friar, Geoffrey Grandfelt (d. 1340); the Carmelites, John Avon, a distinguished mathematician, who died in 1349; …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 1 After the destruction of Twyford Bridge over the Avon in the Civil War, this became the main trade route … on the east side of the main street back on to the River Avon and have gardens running down to the bank. Under the … Evesham road, there called Bridge Street, passes over the Avon by Pershore Bridge. In 1290 Sir Nicholas de Mitton left …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the waterways for the carrying trade. 423 The Kennet and Avon Canal, opened in 1810, brought London and Bristol into …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Birmingham. It lies on the south (left) bank of the river Avon, which is crossed by a bridge carrying the roads to … boundary is formed by the Clifton Brook, which joins the Avon at Brownsover Mill. Rugby was not a borough until the … part of Bilton, Brownsover, Hillmorton, and Newbold-on-Avon, the town in the same year being raised to the status of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Borough The medieval borough of Stratford … 4 and this was renewed in 1334. 5 Borough of Strat-ford-on-Avon. Or a cheveron azure between three leopards' heads … had served on the old corporation. The Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Act of 1879, which transferred to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Stratford-upon-Avon Churches and charities Churches The parish church of the … of c. 134050, rather than of 1330. Plan of Stratford-on-Avon Church Here again, 2 on the side easily seen from the … cornice. Plan of Gild Chapel, Stratford-on-Avon Against the east wall is a large monument in alabaster …