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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a … floods, the upland water not being able to get away to sea. Such floods occurred in 1763, 1765, 1767, and 1770. 19 … and twice a week in the winter. 48 As recently as 1938 a sea-going vessel, the Constance H, sailed as far as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through the town rather than by a more direct route to the sea. 35 Corp. Rec. i, 93. Ibid. i, 111-14, with a schedule of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises about 850 acres of land, upon which the sea encroaches nearly two yards every year; and is the … The village is long and straggling, and situated near the sea cliff, about five miles north-east of Patrington. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was formerly part of … contained a circular panel (Plate 89) with the bust of a sea or river god surrounded by concentric decorative borders. … reported from an adjoining field. The roundel with the sea god, the floor of the bath, tesserae, wall plaster and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Portown, a place in the neighbourhood swallowed up by the sea at some remote period. …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 15), the only one to survive entire, depicts Oceanus with sea-creatures and is in Durotrigian style. The Orpheus …
A History of the County of Oxford
… products, such as the cabin-blankets introduced for use at sea in the early 18th century, were occasionally laid down by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Selsey Hill, a distance of nearly eight miles, the sea has absorbed a very considerable portion of the prebendal … farmhouse. Bishop Shirborne, induced by the beauty of the sea view, bounded by the Isle of Wight, built a lofty … a lofty ridge 633 feet above the level of the sea: there are several excellent quarries of stone. Witton …
A History of the County of Essex
… is evidence of marsh drainage in 163940 and 16467, and the sea walls were mended in 16523. 44 There were close links … 92 By 1874 twelve Wivenhoe smacks were engaged in deep- sea oyster fishing. 93 Until c. 1880, by which time many … associated with the port in the 19th century. 25 North Sea Canners (Great Britain) Ltd. opened on The Quay in 1932 …
A History of the County of Essex
… to 1,672 in 1851 and 2,424 in 1901, though men away at sea were apparently sometimes omitted. In 1901 in population …