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Old and New London
… done by steam power. It was found necessary to raise the level of the terminus about fifteen feet higher than the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… end of 1984 they were said to be 8 per cent below the 1982 level. In 1988 the government introduced a 'set-aside' scheme …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 17th century they rose faster than the average price level. While rents on new takings rose nine- or tenfold, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by inclosure. So many other factors could affect the level of population that the singling out of inclosure or of … to the Norfolk course. On heavy white lands, often on the level tops of hills where turnips grew with difficulty, a … a noted breeder of pigs. 304 Without such men the general level of stock in the county would not have been so high as …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and their standard of living was barely above subsistence level. The seventies, indeed, quite apart from the position … halted. In 1878 it was also 8 per cent. below its peak level. 30 Overall acreage increases, which masked declines of … their chief market product. They were indifferent to the level of cereal prices, or even stood to gain from falling …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The surface is mountainous in the southern portion, but level on the north-east; the soil is various, and the scenery …
A History of the County of Somerset
… reservoir was completed in 1964, 4 lie at 30 m. above sea level. The land is largely on Cutcombe slates with bands of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of St. Alban's, and the greater part of the districts of Hatfield and Welwyn, and Hemel-Hempstead. The former townhall … The town is situated in a pleasant vale, rather below the level of high-water mark, having the river Alde on the north, …
Survey of London
… the house was, as has been seen, already at second-floor level. But Melbourne's own letters, written after he had … 129 Block G was almost gutted down to second-floor level. Rebuilding was carried out in 195152 by Messrs. Higgs … window of three lights in each storey. At first-floor level is an iron-railed balcony, embracing the bow and …