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A History of the County of Middlesex
… a small iron mission hall in Abbey Road, south of the canal, c. 1905; it was replaced by factory buildings between …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… stone pavilion standing at the south end of the western canal, comprising an open ground floor with columns … statue on an islet at the T-shaped end of the eastern canal. A brick wall along the north side of the garden …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the roads. An extension of the Gloucester and Ledbury canal to Hereford skirts the parish. The Court, formerly the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The county derives considerable benefit from the Lancaster canal, which, commencing at Kendal, proceeds for some … which county it communicates with the Leeds and Liverpool canal. The Lancaster and Carlisle railway runs the whole … stone is sent to all parts of the kingdom by the Weaver canal, which adjoins the estate. The traffic consists chiefly …
Old and New London
… Mall and other walks, and of the delightful and spacious canal; a seat not to be contemned by the greatest monarch. It …
Old and New London
… up from Bridge Street, until it found its way into the canal of St. James's Park. From the frequency of inundations, …
Old and New London
… and commanding a "simple and agreeable view down to the canal." He urges, however, that variety should be studied in … was in those days straight, and generally known as the "Canal," was a small decoy and an island, called "Duck … is queen of the Duck Island." As to the island in the canal, the writer of the "New Critical Review" (1736) speaks …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish on the south-west, and the Trent and Mersey canal passes through for three miles. The living is a … from Stafford; containing 562 inhabitants. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the parish. Extensive salt-works have … the Trent, and is conveyed across that river and under the canal, in pipes to certain reservoirs, whence it runs into …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by abridge, and thus gives name to the place. The Wey canal commences a little to the west of the village; and the …