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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… also suggests that risks would have been run if the Fen Dyke at Murrow had been left unguarded in times of flood. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… annis totaliter superfluit, and the repair of Waldersea Dyke was considered to cost more than the land was worth. 69 … and as much as 250 acres in 1492. The expenses of the dyke keeper ( custos fossatorum) occur regularly but vary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hill Primary school in Moor Lane, the open-plan Queen's Dyke County Primary School on the Burwell Farm housing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… partly preserved until modern times in the line of Emma's dyke. 6 The topography is reflected in the place name Witney … axes, a late Bronze-Age sword found on the line of Emma's dyke south of Corn Street, a Bronze-Age spearhead found south … borough westwards along Corn Street to the line of Emma's dyke may also have been relatively late: the borough's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… achieving second place (above the well known Black Dyke Mills band) in a competition at Crystal Palace in London …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… building was restarted with prefabricated dwellings: 66 'Dyke' (concrete panel) houses were built, mainly at Church …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Coal is obtained in the neighbourhood, and a basaltic dyke runs through the township, affording a material …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here enlarged and used later as a mill-dam. The dyke also forms the west boundary of the detached portion of … the Saxon vill of Madgett whose lynchets run to the dyke. 45 No population at Madgett was recorded in 1086. 46 In …