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A History of the County of Essex
… a large part of the original Monkhams wood west of the railway line. 109 In 1892, when Arnold F. Hills purchased the … other with the site to the south-east, near the present railway line, known as Monkham or Lane farm. 118 Monkham … old farm-house was still standing in 1892, but when the railway was built in 1856 the line cut though its farm …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the soil generally of very poor quality. The Clarence railway passes through. The vicarial tithes have been … Chester. It has a station of the Manchester and Sheffield railway; and not far distant is the commencement of the great … on the south bank of the river Aire, and near the Midland railway, which has a station here. A great part of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… four paper-mills, and two corn-mills. The Leeds and Thirsk railway passes in the vicinity. The church is in the early … to Oundle, and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, pass through. The living is a rectory, valued in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… bowl with octagonal sinking, 14th-century reset. Secular Railway Gatekeeper's Cottage, see p. 416. b(2) Woodsford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformist chapels, schools, a public station, and a railway station. The streets were repaved in the 1850s, and … 19th century, presumably because of the newly established railway link, the duke of Marlborough considered schemes for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… burned outside their houses. 45 Failure to establish a railway link until 1890 adversely affected the town's … in 1881 was employing 30 workers. 64 The opening of the railway in 1890 encouraged outside firms to invest in and … was broadly similar to that of 1830. The effect of the railway and later the motor car on the tourist trade was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… through Woodstock were carrying London travellers to the railway at Steventon (Berks.), and by 1852 coaches were … and Oxford with regular omnibus connexions to the railway at Kidlington. 55 Poorer communications forced a … road was disturnpiked in 1878. 57 Attempts to obtain a railway link to Woodstock failed 58 until the 8th duke of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in local services, and in 1889 approved the Woodstock Railway Co.'s plans for the station. 74 In the earlier 20th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… been rebuilt. Broomhill Bridge, see Moreton, Monument (4). Railway Station, and Gatekeepers' Cottages at Bailey's Drove …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Two belonged to the king, one to Roger de Lacy, and one to Malmesbury Abbey; all four were of some value, rendering £4 … Laurence was a contractor for the Avonmouth docks and railway. The lease expired in 1876 and the quarry went out of …
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