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A History of the County of Somerset
… of two holding ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 The … north on the moor, mounds of debris including pottery and coins are thought to have been part of a salt-making … in the centre of the village in the early 19th century, for example no. 4 Higher Road. There was a limited amount of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 1898 a. 1 r. 17 p.; it is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white … a spacious and lofty building, in which are, a steam-engine of 20-horse power, which works two large lift-hammers weighing nearly four tons each; and a steam-engine of 14-horse power, working three tilthammers, of less …
The Environs of London
… gave the old market-house (where the cage now is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or … William Hussey, 1714; William Hussey, his son, Solicitor for the City of London, 1776; John Smith, Esq. (son of … school, and endowed it with 33l. per annum, as a salary for the mistress. Thirty children are educated in this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. The soil is chiefly a strong clay, well adapted for wheat; the surface is varied, but in no part attains to … to the Monoux family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Wootton (St. Peter) WOOTTON ( St. … trifling bequests for the poor. Several hundreds of Roman coins were discovered in 1843. Wootton (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its … on Upper Lias Clay, at 73 m. above OD. A total of 684 coins was found in 1842 in a pot in a stone-pit. They ranged …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and of the late 16th century or early 17th, unusually for Wootton Rivers was built on an L plan. By 1732 cottages, … of the site of the pond several houses and four bungalows for old people were built in the 20th century. In the later … Lilbourne was diverted to run beside and south of it for c. 150 m.; 25 that part of the lane was later called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Severn, to secure his conquests. Great numbers of coins and other relics have been discovered in and near … ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … gas, and supplied with river water by means of a steam-engine, erected on the eastern bank of the Severn at a place …
A History of the County of Essex
… 43 The River Stour Navigation Co. made the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to Sudbury between 1705 and 1709, … century and early 19th heavy goods, like the coal brought for the workhouse in 1832, were imported by river. From the … Guard were formed, and Worming- ford was allocated a fire engine. 83 A village hall, built in 1949 on the south side of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … off Lyndhurst Road north-east of the town, with a pumping-engine and water-tower near by, and mains were laid in the town. 81 Another engine had been added by 1865, 82 a new storage tank was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … built, and of neat appearance. It has long been celebrated for the manufacture of fine broad-cloth, which affords … same down, upon opening a tumulus in 1815, several hundred coins of the Lower Empire were discovered, with fragments of …