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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… gently towards the W. where the remains of a substantial bank and ditch (d) stand at the limit of the more clearly … and 5 ft. deep below its W. lip; there is little sign of a bank. The ditch is interrupted by a narrow gap at the angle, … low ditch, about 25 ft. or more across, with traces of a bank on one side or the other. Beyond this, almost levelled …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated on the acclivity of a hill rising from the bank of the river Dearne, and consists of several streets, of … Wakefield, to the Dearne and Dove canal at this place; the Midland railway, also, passes within two miles and a half of … sheltered by a semicircular range of hills, on the east bank of the river Taw, near its confluence with the Yeo; and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… was in 1716. The 'Old Wall' on the W. now shows as a low bank only 0.25 m. high, the 'Terras' as a scarp 0.5 m. high … of the garden is closed on the S. by a large flat-topped bank or terrace, 1.5 m. high, with a low rectangular mound at … area of earthworks which are bounded on the W. by a low bank and ditch and on the N. by a deeply cut hollow-way, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 69 The son, like the father, was a partner in a Gloucester bank, which failed in 1825. 70 He was declared bankrupt and … died in 1852 heavily in debt to the County of Gloucester Bank, which took over the estate the following year and sold … from the early 19th century. 100 The County of Gloucester Bank sold Barnwood Mill and 119 a. in 1866 to the trustees of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… flows along the N. edge of its flood plain with a steep bank on the village side. The soil varies from boulder clay …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and south-east towards Haughton (via the later Maypole Bank) 6 and Bridgnorth. In the south-east roads ran from … in Barrow c. 1800. 72 There was a quarry south of Maypole Bank in the late 19th century. 73 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Marsh … a house in Barrow. 53 The 'old clergyman's house' on the bank between Barrow and Willey was demolished in 1816, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are very extensive and valuable quarries of granite; the midland counties are hence supplied with material for the … the parish; and here is an intermediate station of the Midland railway, whose course is continued over the Soar by a … 44 inhabitants. The chapelry is situated near the right bank of the river Froome, and is crossed by the road from …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… use of the poor, which is lodged in the Anglesey savings' bank, and the interest, 1, is distributed among them. Mary … in 1833, bequeathed 15, which is deposited in the savings' bank at Carnarvon, and the interest divided in the proportion …
A Dictionary of London
… to Threadneedle Street at No.63, on the east side of the Bank of England. In Broad Street Ward. First mention : S. ed. … was taken down and widened during the enlargement of the Bank of England 1766-86, and the Bank now occupies the whole of the western side of the …