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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 Dictionary of London
… of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way to the Thames. In 17 Ed. III. complaint was made that it had been … Wolsieslane See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, west of Chatham … Woodruffe Lane See Cooper's Row. Woodwharf .On the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward. Earliest mention: "St. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 95 There was extensive meadow along the streams of the Thames in the south and west. In 1086 there were 120 a. of … 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
… boundary changes in 1857 and 1868) followed streams of the Thames on the west, the Banbury road on part of the east, … was divided into four separate parts, three along the Thames in the west, and the fourth and largest (221 a.) … 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
… abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. … different alignment, and fragments of masonry found in the Thames suggest that work continued throughout the 13th … 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 …