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A History of the County of Essex
… ship- building in the 1870s, before the use of wood gave way to metal and it was overtaken by towns in the north. John …
A History of the County of Essex
… between the churchyard and the quay above high water. A narrow strip of flatter land, which is probably reclaimed … Anglesea Roads. 44 Following the construction of the rail- way line and station in 1863, on or near the site of Martin's …
A History of the County of Essex
… were made to provide public services, preparing the way for the vestry's transformation into an urban district. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Riggs, pastor 1831-4, was once horse- whipped on his way from his home in Colchester to the chapel by someone very … Between 1840 and 1866 the Wesleyans seem to have given way to the Primitive Meth- odists, but Wesleyan meetings were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… rectangular platforms at its S. end, and part of a hollow-way in the S.E. corner. The W. enclosure is devoid of any … road itself lies along the course of a very wide access-way which was known as Thatch Way Common in 1774, and the furlongs to the N. of it were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which is irregularly built, is pleasantly situated in the narrow, but exceedingly picturesque, vale of the Wear, on the … comprises upwards of 1000 acres, is situated nearly half way between London and Birmingham, and contains one of the …
A Dictionary of London
… and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way to the Thames. In 17 Ed. III. complaint was made that it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Toll Bridge along a lane marked on a map of c. 1730 as the way to Pixey, and then across Pixey Mead to cross the Thames by a ford at the end of Mead Way, Yarnton. The latter route was said in the 19th century … the mayor of Oxford and his party lunched there on their way round the city franchises. 15 From 1707 onwards the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… streets, a spacious square called Market Hill, and several narrow streets and lanes, and is paved, lighted, and amply …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, …