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Survey of London Monograph
… Survey within Ten Miles of London, by John Rocque. 1849. Water-colour drawing by J. C. Buckler, F.S.A., dated Oct. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… areas of grassland in the south-west and in Winson. 8 The water-meadows of the Coln valley provide excellent meadow … The building, which was well placed to use the abundant water-supply of the leat of Arlington mill, was converted in … the east front, presumably in the later 17th century. Rain-water heads dated 1759 presumably mark the succession of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Tradecards. References: Wolverhamptonart (online). Birch water [burch water] The free-flowing sap, obtained from incisions in the … BIRCH WINE, but it was also distilled on occasion into a water. The juice of the young leaves was also used in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the trees were not visible, from their total immersion in water; the water has long been dried up, and the chasm, called the … to the height of twenty-two feet above the level of low-water mark. The greater part is built on the acclivity of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… steam-engines, sugar-pans for the East and West Indies, water-pipes of large calibre, and a great variety of other … and the inhabitants are supplied with excellent water from numerous springs. The environs, abounding with … numerous springs afford an abundant supply of pure water, and one of the tributaries of the river Itchen has its …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… right and title in three bovats of Land in Bileburgh, to Water de Riboef, and Isabell his wife. Robert Fitz- Aman in …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… ornament. The central pier is composite and has a 'water-holding' base. The capital is crudely carved with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… curved in plan and is 20 m. by 100 m. All these ponds are water-filled and with stone or brick dams of 18th or …
A Survey of London
… letten for foure markes: the nearer they dwell to the water side, the more they giue for houses, and within thirtie … North side is Bosse Alley, so called of a Bosse of spring water continually running, which standeth by Billinsgate, …