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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… declined since the construction of the Chesterfield canal, and the erection of a bridge over the Trent at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The river Orwell and the Stow-Market and Ipswich canal bound this parish, which comprises 1332 a. 3 r. 19 p., … by the river Ouse, and situated near the Grand Junction canal, from which there is a branch canal to Buckingham. Lace-making is carried on. The living is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is pleasantly situated on the river Eden, and the Carlisle canal passes through the parish. At the hamlet of Sandsfield, … up to Beaumont wharf, which is connected with a short canal for conveying coal, corn, and manure, to and from … of which sand is the prevailing soil. The Grand Trunk canal passes close to the salt-works here. The impropriate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… large silk power-loom mill on the banks of the Bridgewater canal, established in 1844, and in connexion with which they … and they unite at Tempsford. The Grand Junction canal crosses a small south-western portion of the county, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and stretch towards Salisbury Plain. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish, and affords a medium for the … by the Bath and Bristol road, and the Kennet and Avon canal; and comprises by measurement 4204 acres of good arable … of the produce; the rateable annual value of the canal property in the parish is 1273. A railway is about to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Beeston to Nottingham, joining the Nottingham canal at Lenton; and the Midland railway runs through the … ports on the western coast. The Kendal and Lancaster canal, the river Belo, and some smaller streams, also … the road to Manchester, and intersected by the Leicester canal, the navigable river Soar, and the Midland railway. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the neighbourhood. The Berkeley and Gloucester ship canal joins the Severn at Sharpness Point, in the parish, at … one of the finest pieces of masonry in the kingdom; the canal, for nearly a mile, is separated from the rapid flow of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the population are chiefly employed. The Grand Junction canal, which passes by the town, affords an extensive line of … the railroad from London to Birmingham runs close to the canal, and has a station at this point. The market is on … the Thames a little below Reading. The Kennet and Avon canal, constructed under an act obtained in 1794, connects …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of land. 2 The River Bulbourne and the Grand Junction Canal, which runs beside it, pass through the parish from … trade in timber, a quantity of which is brought by the canal. Tent-pegs, pick-handles, brushes, and other like … been raised to form the approach to the bridge over the canal made about 1798, so that these houses being on the …