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A History of the County of Oxford
… houses retain deep, dry cellars. Water was obtained from wells and pumps until a piped supply from the Glyme was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… piped water supply 7 the town seems to have depended on wells until the 1690s. The corporation rebuilt a public draw … in 1631, and in the 18th century there were two public wells in that street, one near the pool at Town's End. 8 In … and there were public taps for which subscribers had keys; wells continued in use but in 1905 were mostly said to be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… is on the Keuper Marl. 13 There are numerous springs and wells in the upper beds of the Old Red Sandstone, and Lydney … Geol. Surv. Map (solid edn.), sheet 35. Richardson, Wells and Springs of Glos. 176. Local information. N.L.W., …
A History of the County of Somerset
… absent from his chantry to serve the dean and chapter of Wells in 1316 8 and in 1402 Roger Melles, also a vicar choral of Wells cathedral, was allowed to take the income without … p. 101; xxvi. 76; lvii, p. 28; lxviii, pp. 57-8; H.M.C. Wells, ii.p. 578; below, this section. S.R.S. i. 271; ix, p. …