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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the former … the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the … five miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. It is a chapelry of Wistow and was formerly a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chalk and flint. The grounds are intersected by the rapid river Allen, which turns a paper-mill giving employment to … on the road from Norwich to Fakenham, and near the river Wensum, on which is an extensive flour-mill. The living … confluence of a small stream called the Braine, with the river Blackwater, on the main road from London to Colchester. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a circular panel (Plate 89) with the bust of a sea or river god surrounded by concentric decorative borders. To the … yds. N.W. of the R. Allen, on a slight hillock of clay on river gravel. Flint and mortar footings 4 ft. wide formed a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and scarp dropping sharply to the marshy ground near the river Brain. The inner work, which stands at a higher level …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… ground called Holme Island or Holme-uponthe-Sands in the river near Meathop, in the county of Westmorland, containing … 141. See Holme, par. Burton in Kendale. Helton Tarn on the river Winster. Lord of Witherslack. The plea was probably …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is … the road from Bromyard to Hereford, and by a branch of the river Froome: the Gloucester and Hereford canal was opened to … are very extensive, embracing the town of Preston, the river Ribble, and the district of the Fylde. Excellent stone …
A History of the County of Oxford
… end, at what may both have been early crossings of the river Windrush. 1 Outlying mills at Hailey (near modern New …
A History of the County of Oxford
… more markets and fairs, for improved navigability of the river Windrush as far as the Thames, and for more 'settled … the town', encouraging weavers to move 'up or down river, where they could work as deceitfully as before'. 102 … Witney maltsters sold malt in London, transporting it down river by barge. 177 In 1759 twelve maltsters were prosecuted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, … part of the town stands at an early crossing of the river Windrush, on a limestone cornbrash island formerly lying between two branches of the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the 20th century. The house was probably that south of the river Windrush and north of Mill Street sold to John and … and, east of High Street, to land extending down to the river, are also characteristic of the town. Many 17th-century … a range of workshops, and to gardens and a building by the river. 37 An early 19th-century drawing (Fig. 55) shows the …