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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its ancient names Bathermtown and Bathrumpton from the river Batherm, which flows into the Exe, about one mile and a … first bishop of the see. It is bounded on the south by the river Isis, on which are some convenient wharfs: the houses … by measurement 3720 acres, and is intersected by the river Lowther. Here is a beautiful lake, called Hawsewater, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 30 pigs. 72 Drainage remained difficult near the river and on the heavy clay in Weald. 73 Following the Thames … much of the 19th century and early 20th relied at first on river transport and later on the railway. 65 The principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part of an inferred minor Roman road which crossed the river Windrush at Gill Mill and continued through Weald … Burroway ford, mentioned in 1671, 52 was presumably a river crossing further west. The chief southerly route by the … 62 and the two turnpikes were disturnpiked in 1874. 63 River transport was important from the early Middle Ages. 64 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bounded on part of the north and much of the east by the river Windrush, on the south by the river Thames, and on part of the south-west by the river Leach. From an early date, however, three parishes …
A History of the County of Oxford
… particularly the area between the Oxford road and the River Cherwell, 46 and it is likely that inclosure had been … hams (6 a. 3 r. 6 p.) shown on a map of 1694, between the river, the mill-stream, and the bridge. 420 The bishop's big …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough of Banbury lies 22 miles north of Oxford on the River Cherwell, close to the meeting point of three counties, … 2 The county boundary followed the main stream of the River Cherwell until 1889, when the Northamptonshire portion … of the parish, which was bounded on the east by the River Cherwell, on the south by the Sor Brook, and in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… triangular piece of land known as Gallows Ley, between the River Cherwell and the mill stream, 246 but the last known … burial of sewage. Pollution of the Cuttle brook and the River Cherwell was forbidden. 253 At an unknown date a … of them emptying into open ditches and flowing into the river. It was not unusual to have only one privy serving …