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A History of the County of Oxford
… Council, 40 which resold most of the land to the Thames Water Authority. Part of Pixey mead was sold for the … workers and make payments in kind, the estate was run to supply the earl with cash profits. The most important crops …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known as Fries, lying mainly in Water Eaton, included a small part of the south-east corner … so that low-lying ground was almost always flooded and water could not be drained from the village. 56 Improvements … Lane. 74 The parish was connected to the Oxford city water supply in 1934. Electricity became available about the same …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… as manure for the lands. Numerous springs of excellent water afford an abundant supply for domestic use. The soil is generally a light brown … voe, on the east, containing sufficient space and depth of water to moor a large fleet. Near this is Whalefirth voe, on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… chamfered orders resting on a round pier and responds with water-holding bases. Capitals are enriched with nail-head. … responds are half rounded with roll-moulded capitals and water-holding bases. The arch has two housings presumably for … piers, matching responds with roll-moulded capitals and water-holding bases: capitals on the N. have nail-head …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stone, are in general well built. It is supplied with water from springs that rise at a short distance, and is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part for the two early moated sites in the village. 82 Water was obtained from shallow wells, and in a field north …
A History of the County of Oxford
… who sold Yelford in 1651. 74 South-west of the house is a water-filled moat or ditch of unknown date, its main section … dates, and there may once have been a complete circuit of water around the house. Arguments that the moat formed part …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ditch of the moat. The channel is probably a leat for a water mill which perhaps stood in the disturbed area. Further …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate neighbourhood. The living is a … A considerable part of the parish is destitute of running water, and the inhabitants are supplied from ponds or from … indifferent appearance, and having only a small volume of water, affords some sport to the angler. The Rhigos and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winchester to wash the feet of 39 beggars, first in warm water, and afterwards with wine, which ceremony was performed … lighted with gas. In 1846, an act was passed for a better supply of water. It is progressively increasing in size. In the …