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A History of the County of Somerset
… adopted in 1827 by the Wedmore trust. 12 The Glastonbury canal, opened in 1833 and closed in 1853, 13 ran along the … boundary. The Somerset Central Railway, built along the canal bank, was opened in 1854. Ashcott and Meare station was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the road from Leominster to Ledbury, and the new canal from Ledbury to Hereford. The living is annexed to the … works, with several wharfs on the line of the Birmingham canal. From Ashted verge four lines of railway, the London, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… generally flat, and the soil clay and marl. The Lancaster canal and the Preston and Wyre railway pass through. Sir … chiefly arable; and is situated near the Grand Junction canal, and intersected by the London and Birmingham railway. … facilities of communication are furnished by the Sankey canal, the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Liverpool and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… buildings, and for the roads. The MeltonMowbray and Oakham canal passes within a mile of the parish. The living is a …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Century International rivalry in Siam, 1843-1909: the Kra Canal projects. Brider, J.S. Ph.D., Manchester. Supervised by … Supervised by Dockrill, M.L. Categories: 20th Century Canal irrigation and agrarian change under colonial rule: a … 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century The impact of canal irrigation on the rural structures of the Punjab: the …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Indies, 16591702. W.C. Palmer. London M.A. 1924. The Suez Canal and the trends of British trade to and from the Middle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of gritstone, excellent for building. The Macclesfield canal passes at a short distance to the east of the village. … district of the township; the Duke of Bridgewater's canal passes through the centre of the township, and the road … village on the Lichfield road, near the Trent and Mersey canal; Burston is a small hamlet on the Trent, containing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gates bearing Thomas Horde's initials, and a garden canal was made to the north-west perhaps re-using part of an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Liverpool, and the same distance from the Trent and Mersey canal. In the centre of the township are the remains of an … left bank of which the village is situated. The Stratford canal also passes through. The living is a discharged … are in the township of AstonClinton. The Grand Junction canal passes through the parish. The cottagers manufacture …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1847, runs by the town; and the Coventry and Fazeley canal passes at its northwestern extremity, where extensive …