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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… for some time at the castle of Kirkcudbright, crossed the Dee on the 9th of August, 1300, and took up his abode at this … the middle of the 17th century, is bounded by the river Dee, separating it from the parish of Kirkcudbright; and is … height, and arable to their summits. The rivers are, the Dee, which bounds the parish on the east; and the Tarf, …
A History of the County of Chester
… on the south side of Lower Park Road away from the river Dee, spreading east into Elizabeth Crescent c. 1964, and as a …
A History of the County of Chester
… but of limited capacity, built on the site of the Dee Mills. 10 After the acquisition in 1922 of the … improvements were complemented by the establishment of the Dee Catchment Board to control pollution on the river as a …
A History of the County of Chester
… Informal popular recreations included ice-skating when the Dee froze above the weir, as in February 1929. 9 The … bishop to move from his comparatively remote palace by the Dee to the former deanery in the close. 14 Ibid. ZCR 204/1; …
A History of the County of Chester
… worst: Lache ranked second worst, Blacon Hall seventh, and Dee Point (also in Blacon) thirtieth. In 1993 unemployment …
A History of the County of Chester
… visited by seagoing ships until the 1940s. The Dee remained important to the region because of the docks at … out as an omnibus park, highlighted the potential of the Dee as a tourist attraction. Pleasure boating was on the … Boat Rally, 1972, 20 (copy at C.H.H.); Chester and River Dee, ed. A. M. Kennett, 11. C.C.A.L.S., ZCCB 41, p. 323; …
A History of the County of Chester
… the former Western Command building overlooking the Dee from Queen's Park, adding an oversized portico. 2 The …
A History of the County of Chester
… relieve the city's traffic congestion, and to improve the Dee by preventing flooding, deepening the channel, and … of pedestrian crossings and traffic lights at the Dee Bridge in 1934. Traders, however, successfully resisted … congestion at the Cross by cutting across the grounds of Dee House to connect Vicars Lane with Pepper Street. In 1926 …
A History of the County of Chester
… notably south of the city, where a new bridge across the Dee was urgently needed. The inner ring-road had its origins … in which the new road separated the city centre from the Dee was widely condemned, and there were doubts about the … 11 The council agreed, and work began in 1960. Since Dee House remained in private hands, only the section already …
A History of the County of Chester
… was a western bypass linked to a further bridge over the Dee, but only the sections from Liverpool Road to Sealand … estates at Lache and Blacon. 1 The importance of the river Dee and the canal both for the attractiveness of the urban …