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A History of the County of Essex
… these were probably less severe than at East Ham. 21 Flood prevention was sometimes hampered by the complexities … of Silvertown and Canning Town. 33 In the maintenance of flood defences, however, the commissioners' responsibilities … 16 and 23 Aug. 1968. E.R.O., D/SH 7. Ibid. For medieval flood-control cf. V.C.H. Essex v. 238, 235. See p. 17. For a …
A History of the County of Essex
… ft. wide, and the Prescott channel was constructed as a flood by-pass from Three Mills Wall river to Channelsea … by the larger Groves Bridge, built in connexion with the flood relief scheme. The original Bow and Channelsea bridges … built at Walthamstow and Chingford. See p. 211. R. Lee (Flood Relief etc.) Act, 1930, 20 & 21 Geo. V, c. 192 (local …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… carrying the road from Shaftesbury to Sherborne across the flood plain of the R. Cale (see also Kington Magna (28)), is …
Old and New London
… horses, because the water ran over all." In 1579, after a flood, "fishes were left upon the floor of the Hall by the … saint in heaven has left me. I should be loth"but here a flood of tears checked his utterance. "What I forfeit for …
Old and New London
… and these, with a public-house, terminated the length of Flood Street, and occupied the ground on which now stand the … mason's saw." Immediately before us, in the angle made by Flood Street and Little Dean Street, stood the quaint old …
Old and New London
… of St. James's Park. From the frequency of inundations, Flood Street, which stood between the entrances of Dean's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… three potato dealers in 1875. 6 In 1877 there was a severe flood which killed four men and a mare and destoryed or … the north-west where a new bank damaged land and prevented flood water from Westonzoyland entering the King's Sedgemoor …