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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to provide a new well and pump and reserved access to the river for washing clothes, with use of hedges in an adjoining … and a new main sewer flushed with water piped from the river Windrush was laid along High Street, though there was still no sewerage north of the river. 250 A report that year concluded that drainage was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… curtilage which ran from the churchyard wall to the river Windrush, and which included the site and grounds of … reflecting its elevated position when viewed from the river meadows to the east and south, dates probably from that … on the north by Farm Mill Lane, and on the east by the river Windrush; by the mid 13th century it was evidently …
A History of the County of Oxford
… late Anglo-Saxon parochiae, with territories north of the river Windrush dependent on a probable minster at Minster Lovell, and those south of the river dependent possibly on Bampton. 2 The church was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is annexed to the rectory of Houghton. The river Ouse passes through the parish. Witton WITTON, a … and surrounded by a finely-wooded park of 500 acres. The river Derwtnt flows through the park, and the Blackwater here … to Yarmouth, and bounded on the south by the navigable river Yare. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated, …