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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Frays River, or Cowley Stream, which carries compensation water from the Grand Junction Canal, meet in the parish and … court to that of West Drayton 'for leading off water'. 8 The demands made upon the Colne waters by owners of … been found in local gravel beds, but the possibility of water-borne displacement makes this uncertain evidence for a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 73 The ornamental grounds and the house were supplied with water by a conduit leading from Pield Heath in Hillingdon. 74 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… West Drayton Mills MILLS Drayton water-mill, belonging to the manor, was mentioned in surveys … 1842 it made possible the provision of a six-foot head of water. 81 No other mill is known to have existed in the … re-issue'. 11 In 1905 the mill was still almost entirely water-driven. The three water-wheels powered four beating …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… men 'for assisting to get the schoolmaster out of the water', 74 but in 1842, when the curate applied for a …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… name for lands that project towards the sea, or any great water, and make a promontory: from the Saxon word Nass, or …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… is a British word, the name of a river, and signifying water, Tre, or Rey, flowing or running, and the Saxon Ton, or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Arms inn was authorized in 1808. 19 In 1867 sources of water in the parish were poor, consisting chiefly of ponds. 20 The Partridge Green Water Co. existed in 1914 and 1923; about the latter date it obtained all its water from the Steyning and District Waterworks Co. 21 There …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the surname Atmill (atte Mulle) was recorded in 1327. 41 A water mill at or near Honey Bridge in the south-west part of … in the mid 16th century, 43 but is not recorded later. A water mill on West Grinstead manor, of unknown site, is …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of trees further off, and with one or more pieces of water, later at least used as fishponds, to the southwest. 19 … 28 Several parkland features, including four pieces of water, survived in 1984. 29 STOCK PARK in the west, 30 …
The Environs of London
… into four shares. They are worked by a steam-engine, and water-engine. The proprietors have a reservoir at Mile-end. …