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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by … had been reduced. 52 By the end of the 19th century the canal had become unremunerative owing to the competition of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… here and there, have a pleasing effect. The Chesterfield canal, which takes a winding course of two miles, through … from Bawtry to Gainsborough, goes over the Chesterfield canal, in the course of which you have some pleasing …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… line of a Saxon road. 12 It crosses both the Sence and the canal by bridges known as Wain Bridge; that over the Sence … and continues as a track towards Wistow; it crosses the canal by Newton Bridge and the Sence by an un-named bridge. The canal is also crossed in the east of the parish by High …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a branch of the river Froome: the Gloucester and Hereford canal was opened to Withington, in Feb. 1844. The living is a … and comprising about 1100 acres. The Shrewsbury canal passes through. The living is a perpetual curacy; net … flows in the township; and the Leeds and Liverpool canal skirts it on the west. Robert and John Parke, Esqrs., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Prov. Dir. (18234), s.v. maltsters; for coal transport by canal, above, intro. (communications). Pigot's Lond. & Prov. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… between Radcot and Oxford. 89 From 178990 the rival Oxford canal and Thames and Severn canal, with wharfs at Lechlade (Glos.), Radcot, Newbridge, … Gt. Western Railway (1964 edn), i. 54; H. J. Compton, Oxf. Canal (1976), 11718; Oxf. Chron. 19 Sept. 1840; below. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by computation, and is intersected by the Basingstoke canal, and the London and South-Western railway, the latter … by the river Learn, at its eastern boundary. The Oxford canal passes through it. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… conveyance is afforded for the produce by the Nottingham canal, which runs through the middle of the parish. Wollaton … corn-warehouses near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, and where a cattle-fair is held annually on the … iron-ore, by Thomas Kinnersly, Esq. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the parish on its summit level, and runs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1795 meadowland and arable near the newly-cut Oxford canal was said to have been damaged by water leakage, some of … the parish not occupied by houses, roads, railways, or the canal was permanent grass, but in 1980 Merton College's … 1811 coal was being brought weekly by barge via the Oxford canal and the Duke's Cut. 76 John Swann was succeeded by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… old course of the Cherwell later followed by the Oxford canal. The eastern, higher, ground is on Oxford Clay and the … in 1780 and lengthened in 1885. 83 The Oxford canal was made through the parish in 1788, and the following … was made for the duke of Marlborough, between the main canal and the north end of the Wolvercote mill stream. Its …
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