Search
The Environs of London
… Greenwich to Gravesend are now under the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of that people by the Romans, it was retained, with other British towns, by the conquerors; and if not one of their … given by Mr. Jabez Allies in his recent publication on the British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities of the county. Arms. … betrayed Colonel Fiennes' soldiers to Prince Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, …
A History of the County of Essex
… women, and the retired, and a handbell ringers' group; the British Legion branch held an annual flower show. 95 The … Wormingford, an English Village, 67. Axten, 'Hist. Public Transport in the Colch. Area'. O.S. Map 1/2,500, Essex …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… grant by parliament; it is conducted on the plan of the British and Foreign Society. In 1825, a spring of remarkably …
A History of the County of York
… of the canons, several of whom were deprived by the High Commission for not complying with the order; 9 and the city … and in the same year a fine of £1,000 imposed by the High Commission at York was granted to the minster by Charles I … and the archbishop's throne. 8 Duncombe told the Ritual Commission that when he became dean there were six men and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of which were in use by 1890. 54 A boom began in the British glass-house industry in the early 1890s. 55 By 1891 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from 1852 74 but had closed by 1867. 75 The Institution British day school was established by 1862 in the Christian …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and from 1913 on the successor East Lancing Sea Defence Commission, 57 but its sea defence jurisdiction in Lancing …