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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… bank of the Nethan, a fine stream tributary to the Clyde, and is in the centre of the parish, and contains the parochial church. The inhabitants are … turnpike-road from Queensferry to Linlithgow; the Union canal intersects the southern portion of the parish, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of whom 376 are in the … short distance below the manse. There are numerous cairns and tumuli, containing stone coffins with the ashes and bones … it has facility of intercourse, by means of the Monkland canal, and good turnpike-roads, has rendered it important as …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Abergele (Aber-Gelau) ABERGEsLE (ABER-GELAU), a markettown and parish, in the union of St. Asaph, hundred of Isdulas, … 12 miles (N. W.) from Denbigh, 20 (N. W.) from Ruthin, and 209 (N. W.) from London; containing 2661 inhabitants, of … much used in making cement for works under water, and for canal locks, &c. Aberthaw, West (Aber-Ddaw) ABERTHAW, WEST …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Abingdon - Ackton Abingdon ABINGDON, a borough and market-town having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Hormer, … have been constructed, where the Wilts and Berks canal joins the Thames, near its confluence with the Ock; and …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Abstracts of further charters and documents 1547-1638 MARY. 16 December 154229 JULY 1567. … 53. LETTER by QUEEN MARY, under her Signet, with advice and consent of her tutor, James Earl of Arran, governor of … taxes granted to the University by King James II., No. 24; and the confirmations thereof by King James III., No. 31; by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 2537 a. 3 r. 27 p. of profitable land, and 36 acres of roads and waste; the soil is fertile; the surface is boldly … the Liverpool and Birmingham railway and the Grand Trunk canal pass through it, and on the former a station has been …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Avenue was built in the 1920s. Pavage was granted in 1358 and 1363 to men from Acton and Uxbridge to repair the highway in their parishes and as … of the parish the Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal from Bull's Bridge junction, near Southall, to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over a third of the parish, was granted out before 1086 71 and perhaps before the common fields were formed, since it … in those fields. The holding developed from inclosures and assarts in the northern clay belt and by 1229 was … compensation in 1805 for land taken for the Paddington canal and in 1837 for the G.W.R. Inclosure of the common, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… infangthief, outfangthief, the assize of bread and of ale, fugitives, goods, and amercements of tenants in Acton, as part of his manor of … 49 and compensation was also paid by the Grand Junction Canal Co., the G.W.R., and others for removal of common …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Jacobi Regis. Acts this Session. AN Act for the reviving and making perpetual of One Act, made in the Nine and Thirtieth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for the erecting of Hospitals and Abiding and Working Houses for the Poor. An Act for the …