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A History of the County of Oxford
… supply from the Swinford pumping station on the river Thames at Eynsham. 23 By the 17th century two surveyors of … map (1863); P.O. Dir. Oxon. (1864); Pevsner, Oxon. 857. Thames View, no. 60: copy in Westgate Libr.; Oxf. Mail, 29 …
A Dictionary of London
… Buildings" (O.S. 1880). Worcester Place South out of Upper Thames Street at No.68 to Worcester wharf. In Vintry Ward … Wharf At the south end of Worcester Place, on the Thames, between Vintry Wharf east and Kennet Wharf west (O.S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… among other causes, to its situation on the river Thames, which is here nearly three-quarters of a mile broad, … ground rising gradually from the south bank of the Thames, on the opposite side of which, in the county of … scenery, agreeably diversified with the windings of the Thames, sometimes seen in pleasing combination, and at others …
The Environs of London
… Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance … London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite … of the date. In the year 1236, by a sudden rise of the Thames the marshes near Woolwich were overflowed in such a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed … from the flat meadows and oolitic gravels of the Upper Thames in the south to the rich 'red land' of the ironstone …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxfordshire, partly on the flat river gravels of the Thames valley, was not a distinct region; some villages … in the east. There was abundant meadow along the rivers Thames, Cherwell, Evenlode, Glyme, and Windrush; complex …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was appointed admiral of the fleet, from the mouth of the Thames northward. To this Sir John succeeded Sir Robert …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… northward a fine prospect of Reigate and the valley of the Thames, with the hills of Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate. …