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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… pastures skirting the fen were still often inundated by water from the uplands because the banks along the Cam were … potatoes and sugar beet. 17 In 1086 there were four water mills, all then attached to the Giffard manor, 18 and … in the south-west of North field. 22 By the 1330s 23 the water mills were distinguished as the Knights mill, perhaps …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the lawns south of the house. They were once filled with water by ditches running from the south, and drained by others leading north past the Abbey towards the Quy water. The northernmost platform may have carried medieval …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… meadow called Bradeng, lying between the town and the water called Fulbek, and common in every pasture where her …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… broad, and the entrance to which is 12 feet deep at low water. Here is a coastguard station. The vicarial tithes have … This place takes its name from a stream of remarkably pure water, issuing from a copious spring contiguous to the town, … On the south is Thorney Channel, passable at low water for carriages to and from Thorney Island. The living is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to arable would have been far greater than in 1842. 39 A water mill on the manorial estate, mentioned in 1611, 40 was … 18th century 43 and ceased working in 1934. 44 Another water mill, on the Brecknock estate, was mentioned in 1570 45 …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1700 the borough defined Westness as 'beyond Colne water' and 'beyond or near Chich St. Osyth', and in another … the Admiralty court judge Julius Caesar was taken by water from the Hythe to Mersea blockhouse where the borough's …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Weel, and the other hamlets which comprised the 'water towns' of the archbishop's manor of Beverley, nor by the inhabitants of Molescroft. The water towns were first mentioned in 1309 and named in 1397; 1 … the waters the greatest part of the year'. 2 Two of the water towns, Tickton and Weel, lay east of the river Hull and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Bouquet water - Boxwood Bouquet water [bouquet] One of the PERFUMED WATERS, probably similar … EAU DE MILLE FLEURS. Like many items of PERFUMERY, bouquet water was sometimes given a FRENCH label, sustaining the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… as far as Caxton End, and to the N.E. along Broad Way and Water Lane for a similar distance as far as Town's End Farm, … but has been almost obliterated on the N.E. The ditch, water-filled on the S.E., where it is widest, is 30 ft. to 45 …