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Old and New London
… of fresh water obtainable every twelve hours from the river. "There appears reason to believe," says Charles … the right of the inhabitants to a supply of water from the river, at every high tide, was confirmed to the discomfiture … Although that portion of the district near the river was so close and filthy, there were, as stated above, …
Old and New London
… or eye, an "island," descriptive of the locality, near the river-side, and intersected by numerous small streams and … east and west through the parish, parallel with the river Thames, and by Dockhead, winding its way towards … The parish of St. Olave is bounded on the north by the river Thames, whence it extends in an irregular line towards …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Berners Roding is a small parish on the E. side of the River Roding, 7 m. E.N.E. of Chelmsford. Ecclesiastical (1). …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… suggesting reliance on neighbouring places. 8 A weaver, cordwainer, carpenter, and blacksmith were briefly …
A Dictionary of London
… destroyed in course of time by the encroachments of the River Thames. If this be true, the original position of the … ascertainable. In later times it formed a watergate to the river on the south side of Thames Street, opposite St. Mary … a City gate in the wall or merely a port, or quay on the river, it has been in existence from early times, for in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ha. (1,391 a.), lies east-west and a head stream of the river Kennet flows north-south across the middle of it; with … south of Gorse copse and on Hackpen Hill. 35 There was a weaver in the parish in 1689. 36 There was a brick kiln on …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Aberwick, from the British terms, Aber, the mouth of a river, and Wic, a town, is by Camden and other antiquaries … situated on the northern bank, and near the mouth, of the river Tweed, the approach to which, from the English side, is … collieries on the south, and one on the north, side of the river, within from two to four miles of the town. A public …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1168 acres of land; and has a good village near the Fleet river, and two miles westnorth-west from the village of … from the western counties of England to the ferry over the river Lea, at Old Ford, passes through the northern part of … place lies on the road from Drayton to Norton, and the river Tern here separates the county from Staffordshire. The …