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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the floor are other large petrifactions, formed by the water dropping from above. Beyond is a smaller cavity, and … side of the last cave runs a very cold and pure stream of water, the primary source of the river Axe. Wookey-Hole … in the centre, is indifferently paved, and supplied with water from a fountain erected at the public expense; a good …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… In the N.E. angle is part of an angle-shaft with hold-water base and adjoining it the moulded angle of a recess or … dates lie about the site. b(3a) Bindon Mill, house and water-mill 60 yds. N. of the Abbey Church, with rubble walls, … to which date much of the present structure belongs. The water-wheel and later turbine has been removed. The Bridge …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: … chambers and house called "Wolhouse" in Sporieres Lane (Water Lane) in parish of All Hallows de Berkingcherche, 1295 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1813 it was in a bad state handicapped by its shortage of water and with much of its land overgrown; the tenant also … were recorded in 1608, 81 and in 1777 there was one water-mill a short distance north-west of Woolaston Grange … John Macpherson constructed a reservoir to improve the water supply. 96 Larger machinery was fitted at about the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of … the surface at Madgett, which suffered from a shortage of water before the main supply was piped to the fields c. 1955. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… also of two holding ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 … in 1947 and continued until 1950 or later. 15 There is a water-skiing centre north of the village. In the 1530s up to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works of the Kent Water Company. The public buildings are on a scale of vast … is of solid granite, 300 feet in length at the top of the water, 245 at the bottom, and 80 feet wide above, the width …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… oval panels, ( a) figure of Christ as the fountain of the water of life and ( b) St. Mary Magdalene anointing the feet … above; the piers are provided on both sides with 'cut-water' projections finished with a tabled capping at the … remains of the Conduit Head, for supplying the palace with water, stand on the E. side of the Southend Road, 1,050 yards …
The Environs of London
… An estate in the marshes, on the Essex side of the water, (but within this parish, and in the county of Kent,) … inundation happened, by which many acres were laid under water, some of which have never been recovered. (Hasted's … at high-tide is nearly a mile wide at Woolwich, and the water, at the flood, salt. From the information of the Rev. …