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A History of the County of Essex
… 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, covered 1,549 … Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the north-east, and the river Colne and its marshes on the west and south. In 1734 … known as Old Heath common or meadow, was isolated when the river was improved, probably in the Middle Ages; that land …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with several granges stretching across the parish from the river Wye to the Severn. Towards the Wye the parish is … where are good inns and extensive corn-warehouses near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, and where a … picturesque, vale of the Wear, on the north bank of the river, and near the point where it receives the united …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the parish had orchards. Some of the land near the river was planted with osiers and other bushes, and there may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice, whereas the more easterly route avoided any major river crossing. 69 The road from Wolvercote to Wytham crossed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… paid for the repair of bridges, a causeway, and the river banks, and, in the early 19th century, for the ditching …
A History of the County of Oxford
… presumed site of the church. Finds of tiles in the modern river bank east of the site of the tower suggest that the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, are some quarries of fine limestone, whence a … inhabitants. It is bounded on the south and west by the river Trothey, and consists of about 1650 acres. The surface … The parish is bounded on the north by the navigable river Bure, over which is a ferry. It comprises, exclusively …
Alumni Oxonienses
… See Foster's Index Eccl. Wormeley, Ralph s. Ralph, of York River, Virginia, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. entry 14 July, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… shelf in the Great Oolite, is bounded on the E. by the river valley and on N. and S. by re-entrant gulleys; on the …