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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… inspector sent the following year declared the water supply to be worse than in any other town he had visited. 49 … the expenditure of £8,000 on sewerage and £13,400 on water supply. 51 By 1864 the general death-rate was down to 25 per … works were completed in 1865 at a cost of £24,800. 52 They supply the whole of the borough and rural district, and a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1643. During the same campaign the estate was plundered to supply both armies in turn. 50 MANORS. The manor of WISTON … John Fagg was assessed for 36 hearths there. 97 A water supply was laid on c. 1630 from a spring north-west of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… limestone is quarried for the repair of roads. An abundant supply of water is obtained from the Abberley and Woodbury …
A History of the County of Oxford
… grocers. Many other tradesmen were connected with wool supply or were dependent on cloth, in particular fellmongers … 180 Numerous fellmongers, closely involved with wool supply, 181 included a few moderately prosperous townsmen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mills, including fulling mills; 50 an abundant water supply suitable for washing and dyeing; 51 an abundant supply of wool, both from the Cotswolds to the west and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the adoption of steam power: such … the leather industry, still closely associated with wool supply, and including tanning, shoemaking, and particularly … 73 the latter connected, as earlier, with wool supply for blanketmanufacturers. 74 Thomas Sylvester (d. …