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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… poor. The bishop was made Visitor of the Corporation. The sea shores, banks and streams were to be maintained by the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with 40 acres only. The messuage had been destroyed by the sea. The 240 acres, however, were still rented at 20 s. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at 20 acres. This pasture was situated towards the sea and was held by the bishop in severalty; its value … especially in the New Market, totally destroyed by the sea. In 1251 there were four fisheries, and a water mill, a … acres. The four fisheries, one of which is specified as a sea fishery, 76 had increased in value to £4 16 s. 8 d. There …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a … floods, the upland water not being able to get away to sea. Such floods occurred in 1763, 1765, 1767, and 1770. 19 … and twice a week in the winter. 48 As recently as 1938 a sea-going vessel, the Constance H, sailed as far as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through the town rather than by a more direct route to the sea. 35 Corp. Rec. i, 93. Ibid. i, 111-14, with a schedule of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish, the remains of a Roman villa, with a sacrarium, baths, &c, were discovered in 1818. The walls, to the height … It comprises about 850 acres of land, upon which the sea encroaches nearly two yards every year; and is the … The village is long and straggling, and situated near the sea cliff, about five miles north-east of Patrington. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was formerly part of … contained a circular panel (Plate 89) with the bust of a sea or river god surrounded by concentric decorative borders. … reported from an adjoining field. The roundel with the sea god, the floor of the bath, tesserae, wall plaster and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Portown, a place in the neighbourhood swallowed up by the sea at some remote period. …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 15), the only one to survive entire, depicts Oceanus with sea-creatures and is in Durotrigian style. The Orpheus …
A History of the County of Oxford
… products, such as the cabin-blankets introduced for use at sea in the early 18th century, were occasionally laid down by …