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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rivulet near the town, which, from the turbid state of the water, was anciently called Blakeburn, or "the yellow … paved, is lighted with gas, and amply supplied with water under an act passed in 1845. There are assembly-rooms, … The river is very broad in this part, and leaves at low water an extensive bed of sand, which is used for the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… (perhaps for a mill stream) over his land to the water of Ribble near its junction with the Hodder 218; but … then exchanged it for a messuage, land and the moiety of a water-mill held by William de Winkley and Amery his wife. 267 … to floods. An aqueduct carries the Blackburn Corporation water-pipes across the river, but there is no public footway …
A History of the County of Somerset
… for 1632 and the homage presented tenants for diverting water. A hayward reported all well. 95 In the later 18th and …
Old and New London
… allusions. Amongst other entries, we find "John Halifax, a water-bearer" (in the old times of street conduits the water-bearer was an important person); "a son of Mr. Flood, … son of Francis, Earl of Bedford. The queen was met at the water-side by the bride, and carried to her house in a …
A Dictionary of London
… Rep. 665a). Not named in the maps. Blackfriars Lane See Water Lane, Blackfriars. Blackfriars School Founded in 1716 … (Dodsley, 1761). Blackfriars Stairs At the southern end of Water Lane, Blackfriars, in Farringdon Ward Within (Boyle, … Playhouse Yard occupies part of the site. Blackfryers See Water Lane, Blackfriars. Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet …
Old and New London
… the river. On the south-east, a winding thoroughfare, with water on both sides, leads to St. George's Fields; and on the …
Old and New London
… apartments, in the furthest of which is a well of pure water, twentyseven feet in depth. They are cut out of a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… pier has at each angle an attached shaft with scalloped or water-leaf capital and moulded impost; the respond of the …