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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into … all but 45 of them coastwise, cleared the port. The gross tonnage amounted to 70,320 and the customs to £29,531 15 s. 9 d. 27 The tonnage increased fairly steadily to a maximum of 167,442 in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … and at Hanborough (serving Witney) in 1853 causing tonnage receipts at Eynsham wharf to fall by more than half; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … now built here, some of which are of very great tonnage. Some years since, a capacious Basin, 400 feet long …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … also, which is navigable for barges of considerable tonnage, and on the banks of which arc commodious quays and …