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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… fisheries on the Cam extended 1 mile north from Horningsea weir to Beach weir near Clayhithe, the other 2 miles from Beach weir to 'Garentre' weir by the north end of Joist Fen. They …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the perquisites of the manor recited in 1086 was a fish-weir, 38 and in 1222 a fishery, with a house and croft, was let to one of the demesne tenants. 39 The fishery and weir were in existence in 1297. 40 In the late 15th and early … they were leased with the mill, which adjoined the weir, 41 and as late as 1833 the miller claimed the right of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was given to Thomas Hubbard, the miller, to build a timber weir across the western stream, near the point. 12 The …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… With the mill were included an adjacent wharf and fish weir. 82 The wharf was mentioned in the subsequent deeds … until 1538. 83 It lay between the High Bridge and Drayton weir, and was customarily kept in repair by the farmer of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… marine engineer in West Ham is R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd., formed in 1910 by the union of two firms. 196 R. & … in 1882, and in 1906 one at the Victoria Dock. 197 Silley Weir, which first occurs under that name in 1908, had … 198 After the First World War R. & H. Green & Silley Weir expanded rapidly, in West Ham and elsewhere. 199 It is …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… West Lydford WEST LYDFORD 67. A weir on the river Brue is part of a complex system built to … to be stopped for 2 days, several oaks to be felled, and a weir built. 19 The corn mill, in hand in 1425 20 was farmed … followed the older pattern. It is likely that the enlarged weir and sluice gates date from the same period and provided …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… fishery, described as the halves and halvendeals of Rodley Weir, New Weir, and Garne Weir, with the fishery called Unla Water, was leased from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a handsome stone bridge, and a little above this a weir, formed for the benefit of some mills for grinding corn, …