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A History of the County of Oxford
… and south). 48 The ditches may previously have contained water channelled from nearby streams. 49 In 1621 the vicar's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… by encroachments, and at the E. end it terminates in Star Lane, which was formerly very narrow. Markets have been held …
A Dictionary of London
… See Foster Street. Broadway South out of Pilgrim Street to Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O. Directory). First … mention : Horwood, 1799. Former names : "Black Fryers Lane" (Leake, 1666). "Black Fryers" (Strype, 1720-55). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… are slightly later and share one chimney-stack. Watergates Lane (15) House (734870, beside the road), of two storeys, is …
A Survey of London
… warde, which beginneth within Bishopsgate, from the water conduit westward on both the sides of the streete, by … to an Iron grate on the channell which runneth into the water course of Walbrooke before ye come to the Posterne … street. Out of the which streete runneth vp Bartholomew lane south to the north side of the Exchange, then more East …
A History of the County of Sussex
… central part. On the east a drove way, later Charmandean Lane, formed the boundary north of the Chichester-Brighton … its position at the head of a short but wide expanse of water. 20 There was some inning in the Middle Ages, but the water level apparently rose during the 15th century, for …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… and Cottesmore. 10 Possibly that was the later Calcroft Lane, which crosses Broadwell brook at Broadwell mill, and … designed by William Wilkinson in the early 1870s. 8 Piped water was supplied from a stream at Signet in the earlier … were recorded at both Broadwell and Filkins, but were far less significant in Broadwell than in the latter …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… farms and neighbouring villages. 11 Church Way and Kings's Lane (running from Filkins to Broadwell) are described above, … baths and recreational facilities (19356), and improved water supply. Cripps insisted that the new buildings should … on five hearths, the largest in the township, 6 and though far more householders were taxed on only one or two hearths …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Ages and particularly after the Black Death it was by far the smallest of Broadwell's four settlements, and in the … suited to sheep pasture, owing partly to the intermittent water supply. Nonetheless the township's economy was mixed … of Akeman Street remained a moderately significant hedged lane in the 18th century. A surviving public bridle way from …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… necessary at inclosure, including a stank to prevent drain water flowing through the village. 4 Despite extensive … between Radcot and London. Large-scale navigation as far as Kelmscott seems unlikely, however, and in contrast to … while the rest were taxed on one or two hearths only. 1 By far the grandest house is the so-called Kelmscott Manor …