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A History of the County of Oxford
… Glyme valley which included building a massive bridge and causeways, canalizing the meandering streams, and creating … carried out in the next few years. The lower of the two causeways to the former manor house was built up to create a … of the valley sides to link them to the bridge by earthen causeways. The bridge, likened to the Rialto bridge in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and later, seems to have been dammed by one of the two causeways (probably the upper one) which crossed the valley … on early 18th- century maps. By then the valley above both causeways seems to have been drained, but linked fishponds, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and until the 18th century was approached by converging causeways, one crossing the valley directly from the town …