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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is generally clay, alternated with red loam. The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass … 500 acres, and is bounded on the east by a branch of the river Ouse: the village is pleasantly situated on the river, and the Grand Junction canal passes through the …
The Environs of London
… from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the river into Essex, being there bounded by Barking, and … on the Essex coast 2, 50 marsh on the Kentish side of the river, about 40 acres of arable, 10 occupied by a market …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the earlier church in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 acres, chiefly arable … in some parts hilly, and the scenery diversified. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish. The living … in WoottonWawen township. The parish is situated on the river Alne, and comprises 8518 a. 3 r. 15 p., of which 4100 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… uplands of central Oxfordshire, partly on the flat river gravels of the Thames valley, was not a distinct …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and was a track called Mud Lane in 1997. 5 The Kennet & Avon canal was built across the parish c. 1807 and … century coal was unloaded at Wootton Rivers wharf on the Kennet & Avon canal, and a passenger boat plied between … became part of Pewsey poor-law union in 1835, 28 and of Kennet district in 1974. 29 CHURCH. A church belonging to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… advantages of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was … and the inhabitants, abandoning the city, retired to the river-island Bevere, in which they fortified themselves, … &c, and much of it is exported by means of the Avon navigation. Brick-clay, gravel, sand, and marl, exist in …