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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… advantages of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was … and the inhabitants, abandoning the city, retired to the river-island Bevere, in which they fortified themselves, … of elevated ground rising gently from the east bank of the river Severn, over which is a handsome stone bridge of five …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Holdfast and other villages borde= ring upon the said river of Seaverne who worke with forestalling netts which … not, they drive backe, that they cannot come up the said river; and by reason thereof your petitioners are like to perish, the said river being thus destroyed for fishing; your petitioners …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… a wooden bridge standinge uppon arches of stone, over the river of Teame in Teamburie afforesaid, beinge a markett …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… tymber bridge consistinge of seaven arches over the river of Avon in the parish of Eckington fitt and convenient …
A History of the County of Essex
… century onwards, included strips in meadows alongside the river. Some were called 'half-year lands' in the 19th … including the 8 a. of land, partly bordering the river Stour, which Thomas le Harpur gave to the prioress and … there was woodland for 116 swine. 57 Alder groves near the river Stour were recorded in the early 13th century. 58 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles … on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the river Stour and southwards to the river Colne. From the Stour the ground rises southwards to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil, which is a strong clay, is fertile, and near the river the scenery is picturesque. The chapel is a neat … of the Dearne and Dove canal, communicating with the river Don, affords facilities of conveyance to the ports of … established in the reign of Henry IV. The navigable river Ant, which joins the sea at Yarmouth, passes through …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… scarp below which is the wooded valley of the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere …