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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Island. On the summit of an eminence connected with a bank of gravel or pebbles, extending north-eastward into the … situated to the east of Leckonfield, and near the right bank of the river Hull. Arram ARRAM, a district, in the … within four miles of the sea, and chiefly on the north bank of the river Arun, over which is a neat stone bridge of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… into the rising ground to the N.E. with an outer retaining bank 1.5 m. high between it and the river. To the S.E. is a smaller but similar pond of which the outer bank is up to 1.75 m. high. Further S.E. again is a long … dry and only 0.5 m. deep, with a rounded W. end and a low bank along the S. side and on the W. To the N.W. are several …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 307 inhabitants. It is upon the coast, and on a high rocky bank which rises nearly 120 feet above the sea; and is … for ale and beer in operation; and a branch of the Central Bank of Scotland, and a branch of the National Savings' Bank, have been established. The town is also adequately …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Article on the foundation of the Bank -1694 It must be observed that, in the fourth Session of … the Subscribers to be incorporated, and to erect a Bank, and to receive Recompence out of certain Duties arising … and from Beer and Ale; which was the Foundation of the Bank of England. That, on June the 8th following, a Draught …
A History of the County of Sussex
… brooks in the 17th and 18th centuries a river wall, i.e. bank, delimited brookland pasture from strips of land called … having been mowed regularly for c. 60 years. 33 An outer bank was constructed to include the slipes, apparently by … the volume and force of water in the river. 37 The river bank was raised in 1834. 38 The fishing of the river at …
Survey of London
… This house was believed to have occupied a site on the Bank which lies within the border of Hornsey. Its story, … by Frederick Prickett in 1842, that the house was on the Bank, in Hornsey. The only drawing so far discovered which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the village is pleasantly situated in a valley on the bank of the river Evenlode, near the border of Wychwood … is beautifully situated in a deep vale, near the eastern bank of the river Dove over which there is a bridge of stone: … to these, a national school is carried on; a savings' bank was erected in 1843, and there are several almshouses, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… probable that these banks originally joined on to the S. bank. At present little more than a scarp remains around the … Some 10 yards N.W. of this line of stones is a flattened bank or terrace which may possibly indicate the position of a … good and no sign can now be seen of any commencement of a bank issuing from them. In view of this, it would appear that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hastings, who was made general of the king's forces in the midland counties, and, for his services to the royal cause, … and gravel. Within a mile and a half is a station on the Midland railway. The living is a rectory, valued in the …