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A History of the County of Oxford
… an early date. 47 It included the township of Hensington and the borough of Woodstock, which was taken out of … century. Woodstock, which is separately treated below, and Hensington, which is included in the present account, … mains water from Woodstock in 1935, and gas in 1936. Main drainage was completed in 1968. 85 Between 1967 and 1969 the …
Old and New London
… winding alleys lead the doubtful way: The silent court and opening square explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod before." Gay's "Trivia." The … of model lodging-houses, with perfect ventilation and drainage, and rents probably lower than the average paid for …
Cardiff Records
… for the purpose of carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of the Public Health Act 1848 and the Public … saturating the ground. Fearing that if the plans for the drainage of the Town, which have been approved by this Board … remain in its present unhealthy condition and without drainage; having no private interest, I am induced, solely …
A History of the County of Essex
… High Ongar lying immediately to the west of Bobbingworth and of the detached part of Moreton (½ acre) lying to the … land rises from about 150 ft. above sea-level in the east and 200 ft. in the north to 330 ft. in the extreme … the four pairs of council houses in Gainthorps Road have a sewerage system. 23 There is no supply of gas, 24 but …
Survey of London
… Borough High Street, Blackman Street and Newington Causeway CHAPTER 1: BOROUGH HIGH STREET, BLACKMAN STREET AND NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY The Roman settlement in Southwark, … in the Council's sewer records, 5 for, when the systematic drainage of the area was carried out by the Surrey and Kent …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the ancient parish; church history after 1526, however, and the history of education, in which the two parishes were … centuries, 9 but the improvement of the river banks and drainage in the mid 20th century removed that threat, and … while with the improvement of the river banks and better drainage the former brookland in the east part had been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Bottisham THE INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN NORTH-EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE … in bottom of wide open valley at c. 40 ft. above O.D. with drainage ditches of various periods around it. It consists of … is of interest in showing the changes made in the natural drainage in order to fill the ditches of some of the moated …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of Bottisham, 1,155 ha. (2,854 a.) in the south, and Lode, 1,268 ha. (3.133 a.) in the north, 3 the latter … level fen. That fen is divided by numerous straight drainage ditches made in the late 17th and early 18th … direction, indicates the natural direction of the fenland drainage before it was diverted north-westwards to lead water …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 half the 10 hides and 20 ploughlands in the vill belonged to Walter Giffard's … at 2,000 a., 96 covered c. 735 a. 97 Its management and drainage was supervised by fen wardens, later reeves, elected … was not certainly divided with ditches: the existing drainage channels there, which follow the boundaries of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Boundaries BOUNDARIES BOROUGH AND LIBERTY. The liberty, first defined in Henry VI's charter of 1447, covered the town of Colchester and its four hamlets (the parishes of Lexden, Berechurch or … to a neighbouring church or as the course of streams or drainage ditches changed. That certainly seems to have …