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Journal of the House of Lords
A History of the County of Oxford
… dilapidations, such as cross cropping, neglect of hedges, ditches, gates, &c. With regard to the hiring of agricultural …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… inclosed in the 17th century, mostly with hedges and ditches, and only a small proportion of commonable land … merely have impeded tillage operations. Hedges and ditches were useful in the home closes, and in up-and-down …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… autumn when a 'drowner' would 'right up a pitch', mending ditches trampled by cattle, &c., in readiness for the first …
A History of the County of Sussex
… nuisances and strays, and with the repair of roads and ditches, but from the late 17th century land transactions …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of wellwater in the parish was satisfactory and the open ditches into which waste water was emptied were only slightly …