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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the creek being very commodious for that purpose, and the water deep enough for eighty-gun ships. The village is …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… north to Great Dalby and, about 500 yds. further on, by a lane forking south to Marefield and Tilton. In the village … the lane to Owston. 8 The village is still supplied with water from wells and local springs but during the Second … at Burrough Hill in connexion with the River Dove water scheme. 10 The size and layout of the village, with its …
A History of the County of Stafford
… stream, probably the Cobridge Brook of 1691 6 and the Hot Lane Brook of 1833, 7 flows between Burslem and Cobridge; … and Stone. 87 In 1763, however, it was turnpiked as far south as Burslema triumph for Josiah Wedgwood and the … kind of bridge which ran about 100 yards parallel with the water'; with the development of the area after the cutting of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A new church was built in 1953 109 on the corner of High Lane and Haywood Road. It is a large building of brown brick …
A History of the County of Stafford
… for Cobridge, Longport, Dale Hall, Brownhills, and Hot Lane. 39 In 1839 Burslem town was given three assistant … country in order to obtain information about drainage and water-supply systems, and among its recommendations was the … highways, bridges, causeways, and pavements' were 'so far out of order' that they could not be repaired by statute …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the re-use of earlier timbers. In the angle between Bell Lane and the main street are ranges of timber-framed houses … hall of the Noveray manor, 8 probably moated, and the water mill mentioned in 1440. 9 The evidence provided by the … they remained in the hands of her trustees. 33 So far as the under-tenants are concerned, when Robert de la …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… paved, lighted with gas, and plentifully supplied with water; the houses are in general modern and well built. There … the site of which, still called Castle Croft, was not far from the ancient bed of the river Irwell. This castle, … and consuming 60 tons of coal, per week. The Butcher-lane mill of Messrs. Charles Openshaw and Son, which employs …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton and Burton Extra townships ran along Pinfold Lane (modern Park Street) and corresponded to the backs of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the town lands six cottages on the south side of Hawkins Lane as almshouses. She also gave £2,550 in investments to … be paid 4 s. per week. 1 By 1870 the property in Hawkins Lane had been bought by the London and North Western Railway … 14 The money had been invested in land in Anderstaff Lane by 1710, when the feoffees of the town lands were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… where a western arm of the river created an expanse of water which necessitated a long bridge. 2 The west arm, known … a point near the east end of the former Bond End canal as far as the railway line was completed in 1880. 17 RIVER … ran west of Burton, its line marked by the present Clays Lane (in Branston), Wellington Street, and Derby Street. It …