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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are arable, 1481 meadow and pasture, 341 woodland, and 75 water. There are extensive mines of the Ten-foot coal in … best coke in England. In the township are several cotton-mills (some established upwards of forty years), employing … is lighted with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by commissioners appointed for its improvement, who …
A History of the County of York
… silken copes. After the thurificator had sprinkled holy water and said Pater Noster at a stool by the font, the … dangerous and was replaced in 1845 by a system of iron hot-water pipes in the crypt. 33 This was superseded in 1861 by … George's Chapel was established and a movable stone holy-water stoup was used until, in 1941, the 15th-century font …
A History of the County of Sussex
… at the east end of the town it was estimated that the high-water mark advanced by c. 100 yards between 1857 and 1907. … by very genteel company. 30 The opening of the new water-works and main sewer during the 1850s had an immediate … regional importance, with the headquarters of the Southern Water Authority, established in 1974, 7 and of the West …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1840s the trustees built an embankment to replace the Sea Mills bridge over the Teville stream east of the town. 65 The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… further, 56 and by 1951 it employed less than 10 men. 57 Mills. The mill furlong in Worthing's east field was recorded … named after the battle of 1827, both of which were tower mills. 67 The south Navarino windmill was built in 1831 68 … use in 1896. 69 There was a windmill east of the Navarino mills in 1875 and 1896. All four windmills had been …
A History of the County of Sussex
… with the prevailing westerly wind. In 1875, besides the water-works, there were two saw-mills and a whiting and putty works in that area. Only one …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and special works. 31 The board's first concern was with water-supply and drainage, the necessary works for which cost … flooding, which would have created a stagnant lake of sea-water and sewage, 37 and the board incurred heavy expenditure … pump the sewage through an outfall sewer to the sea at Sea Mills bridge 2 miles east of the town. 4 In the winter of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… long, which was completed in 1821. 22 There was a hot sea-water bath in Bath Place by 1798, 23 which was rebuilt by …