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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lighted with gas; the inhabitants are amply supplied with water, and very considerable improvements have been made … arch is 236 feet in span, and 100 feet in height from low-water mark, admitting vessels of considerable burthen to pass … basin has, in ordinary tides, from 12 to 18 feet depth of water; and communicates, by a floodgate 45 feet wide, with an …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… ASHES made from plants that grow in or adjacent to salt water will pick up more sodium than potassium, and so give a … buckatt; welbuckett; welbucket] A BUCKET used to draw water from a well by means of a rope and pulley or windlass. … to hemp retted in a pool that could be refreshed with water from a well, making for a better product. However, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… memory, the immediate neighbourhood was usually under water nine months in the year. The parish comprises 10,000 … a portreeve, chosen annually at the manorial court, with water-bailiffs, constables, and other officers. The living is … with game; and on the Broomhall estate is a fine sheet of water called the Mere, abounding in wild-fowl and fish. A …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the S., E. and N. sides which presumably retained the water. There are no indications of any original entrances or … original in private hands) the ditch is shown complete and water-filled with the island the same shape as now, and the … partly raised inlet channel, now dry, which formerly drew water from the R. Ise some distance to the N.E. To the S. the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… stream flows to the N.W. of the pond, but originally the water left the stream some 200 m. to the S.W. and flowed in a …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… on the other three sides of the parish is partly formed by water: on the east by a small tributary of the Welland, on … coincide with the course of the stream (then known as the 'Water of Lyppyng' or 'Lyffyng') and that land called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Michael, which, at all times of the year, is supplied with water by a spring issuing from the middle of the road between … a whole season, for the purpose of drinking its salubrious water on the spot. In 1738, the town was nearly destroyed by … partly paved; the inhabitants are amply supplied with water. An act for the general improvement of the town was …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 1764, the duke of Portland built a fine bridge over this water, partly for ornament and partly for accommodation; but …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Ketley brook. 86 In 1842 it was driven by both steam and water, 87 but in 1912 by water alone. 88 Flour milling ceased in 1914 but grinding for … buildings were gutted by fire in 1978. 90 Arleston had a water mill in 1603, 91 perhaps near Mill yard, north-west of …