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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… a number of improvements for the villagers, including a water-supply pumped up from the Leach to standpipes, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… east to west, one south of the village, the other, Deane water, north; the highest land is at 173 m. in the north on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… by an outer rectangular ditch which was supplied with water from two inlet leats running N.E. from the R. Tove. The water continued N.E. along a single leat which passes through …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the village must always have been poorly supplied with water (there is no running water nearer than the Tove and when the present mansion was … to celebrate his creation as a baronet that year. Two gate piers, which in recent times have stood to the west of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… orders carried on responds, the E. being half-round with water-holding base and moulded capital enriched with nailhead … a former window. The arch has attached nook-shafts, water-holding bases, moulded capitals and a label with head … head alone remains (Fig. 67). The arcade has round piers, water-holding bases and square plinths of rough masonry. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Tradecards. Eating oil [eating] By analogy with 'Eating water', which was water fit to drink [Wright (1898-1905)], it was presumably an … Eau d'arquebusade The French term for HARQUEBUSADE WATER, which was a lotion regarded as a specific for gunshot …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… each 100 feet span, and 20 feet above the level of the water; and here is a station on the line. The chapel is … Sow, contains some good houses, and is amply supplied with water; it is about 2 miles distant from the Norton-Bridge …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Ticklerton were privately supplied with spring water by 1946 11 and c. 1952 two pairs of council houses were … were always the most numerous livestock. 35 There were water mills at Eaton in the 13th and 14th centuries 36 and … re Meadowbrook's construction. A. H. S. Waters, Rep. on Water Supply (S.C.C. 1946), 74. Inf. from Mr. A. B. Dakers. …
A Dictionary of London
… upon the charnell at Seint Mary Spitall, wythout Bisshops Gate is mentioned by Arnold in his Chronicle, p. 255, in his …