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A History of the County of Oxford
… towards Kidlington; the dog-leg in Sandy Lane west of the railway predates the line. 69 The canal bridge, near the … the southern tip of the parish. The Oxford-Birmingham railway was opened in 1852 with level crossings in Kidlington … and Sandy Lane. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway line, opened in 1853, passed south of the manor park …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fishponds of unknown date west of Mead Lane south of the railway line. Yarnton Manor was used c. 1960 as a dormitory …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the south corner of the … and by the trustees to W. Cumber & Son in 1973. 54 The company remained the owner of the whole farm until 2000, when …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was passed in 1846, enabling the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company to make a branch to Whaley bridge, 12 miles in … and in the same year, another act was obtained for a railway from Stockport, by Whaley, to Buxton, Bakewell, &c. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… was passed in 1847, authorizing the construction of a railway, to be called the Swansea and Amman Junction, from … by tramroads with the Glamorganshire canal and the Tf-Vale railway. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with 600 … of large works. The iron-works belonging to the Yniscedwyn company are considered as among the oldest of the kind now in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and elegantly fitted up. It is opened by the York company of comedians, in the first week in March, and … in the North riding. The York and North-Midland railway, proceeding southward, crosses the Leeds and Selby line, and unites it with the city. The Newcastle railway also commences at York, running northward, and …
Survey of London
… had been proclaimed at St. Paul's, and in the evening the company repaired to York Place, "where they sat down to a … & then they were all knowen. Then the kyng and his company were banketed & had high chere, & then they departed …
Survey of London
… Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was extended from Nine Elms. … was opened on 11th July, 1848. In 1864 the South Eastern Railway extended their line from London Bridge to Waterloo … the 19th century, and in 1872 the South Eastern Railway Company bought the eastern part of the ground originally …
A History of the County of Somerset
… species probably breed also in the cliffs of the west in company with several ravens and at least two pairs of … coast. Occurs in flocks in the Channel and sometimes in company with scaup ducks and other wildfowl. 161. Velvet … He was at the time travelling on the Somerset and Dorset railway (vide The Field, January 14, 1871). Bustards were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Avonmouth; Bedminster nitidum, Jenyns. Pond, third railway bridge from Clevedon; River Brue at Street fontinale … one near Bath by Mr. Greer, one on a gas lamp at Taunton railway station by Mr. Bidgood, and another near Taunton by … P. gonodactyla, Schiff., is common amongst coltsfoot on railway banks, etc. Amblyptilia acanthodactyla, Hb., occurs …