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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Nantwich to Shrewsbury, and the Chester and Birmingham canal, pass through the parish. A grant was obtained in the … which is sent in large quantities by the Trent and Mersey canal to Cheshire, and to other parts. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… upon Derbyshire, and has a small village on the Nottingham canal. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 101; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Clegram of Saul, engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley canal company. 21 The Old Warth was inclosed and absorbed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… separates the town from Walton, is not navigable; but a canal, beginning at the hamlet, communicates with the Grand Junction canal at Marsworth. The branch railway from this town, to the … acres; the Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor. The Union canal passes through the parish, and soon after joins the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the scenery enriched with wood. The Chesterfield canal bounds the parish on the north. The living is a … bequeathed the profits of a share in the Chesterfield canal for the support of a school, to which also the gentry … township, and of a sandy and clayey soil. The Ellesmere canal skirts the parish on the south; and at Mollington is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… hammered iron at Shrewsbury, whence it was conveyed by canal to Chester, and from that port hither by sea. In 1822, … is obtained in a neighbouring turbary, through which a canal has been cut, walled on each side with stone, by means …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is situated on the north side of the Forth and Clyde canal, over which is a drawbridge, affording access to the … the proprietors have a basin here, communicating with the canal, and which is connected with the works, in the … to east, throughout its length; and the Forth and Clyde canal passes within a small distance of the south-eastern …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… although part of the moat remained, probably as a garden canal, until c. 1780. Kynnersley built a new house just to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of March, and the 4th of November. The Leeds and Liverpool canal borders on the chapelry. The chapel, dedicated to St. …