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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to the grange of the monastery, in revenge for the friar's treachery, and was proceeding to burn the abbey itself, … the north-east by Llanano, and on the west by St. Harmon's. It is intersected by the road from Kington to Aberystwith. … now converted to manufacturing purposes. The Brecknock canal is carried over this river by means of an embanked …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Lesmahago, Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 6 miles (S. W.) from Lanark; containing, with Turfholm, 881 inhabitants. This village, formerly called Macute's-Green, derives its present name from its vicinity to the … turnpike-road from Queensferry to Linlithgow; the Union canal intersects the southern portion of the parish, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 376 are in the village of New Aberdour, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Fraserburgh. The name of this place is supposed to … Aberdeen; the patron is A. D. Fordyce, Esq.; the minister's stipend is above 200, with a manse, built in 1822, and a … it has facility of intercourse, by means of the Monkland canal, and good turnpike-roads, has rendered it important as …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at 12. 9. 9.; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph: the … the interest of which, together with a rent-charge of 10 s. bequeathed by Edward Hughes, is paid to the master of the … much used in making cement for works under water, and for canal locks, &c. Aberthaw, West (Aber-Ddaw) ABERTHAW, WEST …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county of Berks, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.) from Reading, and 56 (W. N. … king of Wessex; on which institution Ceadwalla, the king's son and successor, bestowed the town and its appendages. … have been constructed, where the Wilts and Berks canal joins the Thames, near its confluence with the Ock; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 inhabitants. This … the Liverpool and Birmingham railway and the Grand Trunk canal pass through it, and on the former a station has been …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hill, which as late as 1899 was a major obstacle: the R.S.P.C.A. and others provided a trace horse to help loads free … Avenue later joined Uxbridge Road by the former King's Arms. A highway leading south from the top of Acton hill to … of the parish the Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal from Bull's Bridge junction, near Southall, to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … was poor and rarely cultivated; meadow was valued at 1 s. an acre in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in … compensation in 1805 for land taken for the Paddington canal and in 1837 for the G.W.R. Inclosure of the common, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the poor, was 3 d. in the £ in 1675, when it raised £25 7 s. 4 d., and 4½ d., in 1703, when it raised £51 10 s. 9 d. Eighteenth-century rates were generally annual and … 49 and compensation was also paid by the Grand Junction Canal Co., the G.W.R., and others for removal of common …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the parish of Holme-Pierrepoint, union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham; containing 25 inhabitants. The … and Shrewsbury road, and the Chester and Ellesmere canal; and comprises 3750 a. 1 r. 23 p., of which 962 acres …
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