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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… by deeply cut dry valleys formerly draining N. Beyond the river the land rises to the N. boundary at just over 400 ft. above O.D. Winterbourne Steepleton, beside the river, is the original and still the only settlement in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that river. There is a place of worship for Independents. … a bold acclivity on the south side of the Humber, of which river and its northern bank pleasing views may be had, … township of Wintringham. This parish is situated on the river Derwent, and comprises 8480 acres, of which 5740 are in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peterborough, "the lands from Ragwell, 5 miles to the main river that goeth to Elm and to Wisbece." In the Norman survey … Wysebeche. The name is supposed to be derived from the river Ouse, then called the Wise, and from the Saxon bec, … the Isle of Ely. The town is situated on both sides of the river now called the Nene, over which is a handsome stone …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… are not common. The village hall dates from 1921. 2 The River Nene formerly crossed the south of the parish … and the remainder to Guyhirn School across the river. 44 In 18467 there were four dame schools in Elm, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the New Bedford River, of the southern fens; and the Middle Level Main Drain, … parishes. The important bridge over the New Bedford River was originally a suspension bridge. It was erected in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1934 adjusted to conform with the modern course of the River Nene. 2 The neighbouring parish on the south is … outlet to the sea of the old Nene or Sluice Drain or Elloe River-the last of which alternatives gave its name to the … (or Staithe) St. Mary on the Lincolnshire side of the river would have its counterpart on the Cambridgeshire side. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… being on Saturday (market day) (Oldham, MS. Hist. Wisb. River, 180 (Wisb. Mus.)). The Revd. Jeremiah Jackson attended …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. The earliest dated evidence of episcopal tenure of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… who held 40 acres in Bryggesfeld on the left bank of the river and had several subtenants, 1 and Thomas Hunston, who …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Railways. The former company proposed a new cut to the river and improved docks, but partly owing to the opposition … 'Wysbeck' on the other hand has now swollen into the main River Nene. The central part of the town, between the two … in very early times. It is on the left (west) bank of the river, and is not very far from the large moat at the north …