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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… London to Lynn, and on the southern bank of the Little Ouse, or Brandon river. The stream forms the northern …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and is bounded on the south and east by the river Ouse: the village is on the road from Olney to Bedford. The … which 660 are woodland; it is partly skirted by the river Ouse, and intersected by a canal which connects that river …
History Theses 1901-1970
… London Ph.D. 1968. The navigation of the river Great Ouse, 1700- c. 1860. D.E. Summers. London M.A. (Ext.) 1969. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. This place is situated on the banks of the Ouse, over which is a neat bridge of 25 arches (including 22 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… north road, and bounded on the east by the navigable river Ouse; it comprises 3039 acres, the surface of which is in … is pleasantly situated on a peninsula formed by the river Ouse, which nearly encompasses the town and is crossed by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… a ditch separating it from the town. A bend in the river Ouse forms a peninsula on the S.W. During recent building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the spring. The principal Rivers are the Thames, the Ouse, the Ouzel, the Thame, and the Colne: the first is the … of a mile long, across the stream and valley of the Ouse. In 1794, an act was obtained for making navigable cuts … branch proceeds down the north side of the valley of the Ouse to the main line at Cosgrove, on the Northamptonshire …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… surface and the soil are considerably varied: the river Ouse skirts it on the north. The substrata are chiefly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the old natural outlet, at Wisbech, of the rivers Ouse, Nene, and Granta. To prevent subsequent inundations, … celebrated for good cheese. The principal Rivers are the Ouse, which is navigable in its entire course through the … and navigable from its junction with the old line of the Ouse near Thetford, up to Cambridge; and the Nen or Nene, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… and one of the chief terminals of water-traffic on the Cam-Ouse river system. These aspects are illustrated on the … extends many miles beyond the county to the valley of the Ouse at Huntingdon. Patches of better-drained soil in this … Roman township to Godmanchester and the crossing of the Ouse, the straight course of the present highway has …