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A History of the County of Oxford
… route to Oxford presumably by 1005 when it was called the 'port street', may also have formerly connected with the … End, leading to Crawley, Hailey, and Charlbury, was called Port way by the 15th century, suggesting an important route …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the Colne river, and much shipping belongs to the port: it has a regular custom-house establishment, with a …
A History of the County of Essex
… from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the expanding … for Christmas, presumably unloaded from ships at Wivenhoe port, and four ploughs were brought from Norfolk in 16323. In …
A History of the County of Essex
… to form an estuary, covered 1,549 a. (627 ha.). 85 Its port in the south-west corner of the parish, which served … Rivers Authority, became operational in 1993. 7 Wivenhoe port was an important part of Colchester port from the 16th century until the late 19th when the river …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is fixed; and about four miles further to the east is Port-Clarence, where is the terminus of the Clarence railway. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in a large block of land extending from the Cherwell to Port Meadow. 90 Most of the land between the Woodstock road … and west. In 1086 there were 120 a. of meadow, excluding Port Meadow which was described under Oxford. 96 Among the … small inclosed meadows or hams along the eastern edge of Port Meadow and in Wolvercote Mead. 98 Wolvercote Mead (96 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area of Cutteslowe (281 a.). 32 To the south is Port Meadow, the common pasture of the Oxford freemen, where … site of Godstow abbey, and Wycroft on the eastern edge of Port Meadow all lie on patches of flood-plain gravel; the … Oxford-Banbury road, an ancient route which was called the port street (i.e. paved road to the market town) in 1004, 61 …