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A History of the County of Essex
… to Sudbury between 1705 and 1709, and before 1793 built a canal to bypass Wormingford watermill on the Suffolk side. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… preparation of charcoal. A branch of the Dearne and Dove canal, communicating with the river Don, affords facilities … necessaries through a populous manufacturing district. A canal, one of the earliest undertakings of the duke, and the first great canal constructed in England in modern times, runs through …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Aylesbury, and on the west by the Grand Junction canal, derives its name from the situation of its village …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is partly clay and partly sand. A branch of the Chester canal passes through the parish. The living is a perpetual … the township from Up-Holland; and the Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through. Wrightington Hall, one of the seats of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… motorway was opened north of Cluddley. 45 The Shrewsbury Canal passed through Long Lane; it was complete from Trench … as a coal wharf and brick yard. 46 Traffic ceased on the canal in the 1920s. 47 Two railway lines crossed the parish, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… some mines are in operation. A branch of the Shrewsbury canal passes through the township. The church was erected at … meadows are of a very rich quality. The Oakham and Melton canal passes through. The living is a rectory, valued in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… scattered elsewhere in the township south of the Wombridge Canal. 20 As elsewhere in the coalfield housing demand … than the 17th-century expansion of mining. The Wombridge Canal, probably completed in 1788, and the Shropshire Canal, completed c. 1793, crossed Wrockwardine Wood and met …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 72 In 1847 about half the land north of the Shropshire Canal was under arable cultivation, while some pasture and … mill was built in 1818 on the north bank of the Shrewsbury Canal. The mill, generally known as Donnington Wood mill, … the mid 19th virtually all the land south of the Wombridge Canal was covered by mines, tips, and houses. There were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1861 at a house in Bunter's Row, south of the Shrewsbury Canal on the western boundary of the township. 74 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. The Oakham canal passes through. The living is a rectory, valued in the …