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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… has sometimes been called Westbury-under-the-Plain. 23 Biss Brook, which later becomes the River Biss, forms the western boundary of the urban district. To … to the south of the town runs westwards to join the Biss Brook. Bitham Brook also rising from a spring in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 72 By 1890 the mill was disused, but its pond beside the Biss Brook, and adjoining Brook Mill Farm, was shown on a map … was also a mill at the other end of Westbury Leigh on the Biss Brook called Woollers Mill. 22 In about 1800 two new … according to the amount of water available in the Biss Brook. 26 For a time in the middle of the century …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… side of the town and thence made its way into the River Biss. Sewage from Westbury Leigh reached the Biss from ditches near Penleigh. This state of affairs was …
Statutes of the Realm
Statutes of the Realm
William and Mary, 1691: An Act for Granting an Aid to Their Majesties of the Sum[m]e of Sixteene hundred fifty one thousand seven hundred and two pounds eighteen shillings towards the Carrying on a Vigorous Warre against France. [Chapter V. Rot. Parl, pt. 3.]
Statutes of the Realm
Statutes of the Realm
… John Fisher Francis Cooles junior Thomas Francklyn Robert Biss Robert Mandrell Thomas Long of Rowden Thomas Stump Elias …
William and Mary, 1694: An Act for granting to his Majestie an Aide of Four shillings in the Pound for One Yeare and for applying the yearely summe of [£300,000] for Five yeares out of the Dutyes of Tunnage and Poundage and other summes of money payable upon Merchandizes exported and imported for carrying on the Warr against France with vigour [Chapter III Rot. Parl. pt. 2.]
Statutes of the Realm
… John Fisher of Chute Francis Coles Thomas Franklyn Robert Biss Robert Mandrell Thomas Long of Rowden Thomas Stump …