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A History of the County of Essex
… William and Benjamin Sandford had 21 oyster layings and 3 boats. William and Thomas Sandford were lead- ing oyster … to yachting, large numbers of sprats were caught by stow-boats for farm manure. The railway enabled the sprats to be … compe- tition from the railways made investment in cargo boats, many of them colliers, less attract- ive. 9 Many …
A History of the County of Essex
… connected Wivenhoe with London. 10 In 1713 two Colchester packet boats went weekly from Wivenhoe to London with cloth and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there was a winch just above Godstow bridge to pull boats through the bridge. 81 In 1780 a cut was made through … access to Wolvercote paper mill, but it also enabled boats to join the Thames above King's Weir. 84 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… timber and coal is carried on, and a great number of canal boats and barges are built. The living is a rectory, valued …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by the 223-yd. long Trench inclined plane which allowed boats to descend 75 ft., opened in 1794. 77 The section of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… farm inclined plane (in Madeley) to raise fully laden boats; that effectively prevented Foster from supplying his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… artillery across rivers; in the managing of gun-boats; and in the more difficult and arduous exercises of … with the metropolis is great, being facilitated by steam-boats on the river, by carriages direct, and by vans which …