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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… navigation has been continued by a cut, called the Tinsley canal, to Sheffield. The Hull falls into the Humber at the … of a short cut), whence the navigation is continued by a canal to Driffield. Another canal extends eastward from the river Hull to Leven, a length …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… the Tower of London, for in the 18th century it contained tame deer and a raven as the Tower contained ravens and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The species has also been shot in Cheddar Wood ( A Mendip Valley, p. 133, T. Compton). 51. Waxwing. Ampelis garrulus, … Another was shot near Glastonbury in 1881 (see A Mendip Valley, p. 173, T. Compton). 134. Little Bittern. Ardetta … thought to have crossed the Channel from Wales ( A Mendip Valley, p. 170). 171. Pheasant. Phasianus colchicus, Linn. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… (Shepp.) Vivipara vivipara (Linn.) Dunster; Bath; Avon Canal contecta (Millett). Weston-super-Mare Valvata … (Pall.) Unio pictorum (Linn.) River Avon; River Brue; Bath Canal tumidus, Retz. River Avon; River Brue, near Street … species on the Somerset bank of the Avon, near Nightingale Valley, Leigh Woods, in May 1880 cespitana, Hb. Near Bristol …
A History of the County of Somerset
… pallipes (Lereboullet), abundant in the Thames and Severn canal, may extend its range further westward. In regard to …