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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the adjoining small level of Dengemarsh, 2912 acres; and that of Guildford, the greatest part of it being in … preservation of their walls and banks, and the sewing and drainage of them, still continue to be regulated and … are, through the mismanagement and defect of the drainage, much subject to inundations, and numbers of acres …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Wood Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. The lord of Shelfield manor was holding … urban district council and in 1966 to the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority. 23 A gasworks (now demolished) had been …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Book, but it seems to have been a royal manor by then and was probably omitted in error. 34 Certainly it was … was almost certainly a member of the royal household 37 and was probably a kinsman of one or more of Henry II's … passed with the Goscote sewage farm to the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority in 1966; the corporation still held most …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the estate to his son John, retaining part of the house and outbuildings and some land. 17 William was still alive in 1438 but by 1446 … the rest with Goscote sewage farm to the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority in 1966. The hall had been demolished by …
A History of the County of Stafford
… measures were taken when plague threatened in 1636 and 1637. In November 1636 the Walsall justices issued orders … The main problem by the early 1840s was inadequate drainage, which resulted in accumulation of filth and … commissioners established in 1848 laid down a system of sewerage in the 1850s; it covered only the central part of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Waltham Holy Cross Economic history and local government ECONOMIC HISTORY. According to its … towns including Waltham Abbey. The more efficient the drainage of these towns became, the more sewage was flushed … houses should be connected to the main sewers. 230 A new sewerage system for Waltham Abbey was opened in 1873, with …
A History of the County of Essex
… Walthamstow Economic history, marshes and forests ECONOMIC HISTORY. Walthamstow remained an … 249 The commissioners' concern was to maintain the drainage system of the level. To this end they levied an … modification from time to time of the elaborate marsh drainage system. From the 1870s the commissioners waged an …
A History of the County of Essex
… Walthamstow Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POOR-RELIEF TO 1836. … of Church End and Pig Alley (now Beulah Path), a special drainage district. Later in the same year, following the … inspector of nuisances. Responsibility for the district's sewerage schemes led to redesignation of the appointment as …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Warborough is a rural parish midway between Dorchester and Benson (each c.3 km distant), characterized by a mainly … in Warborough village and by Warborough Green assist with drainage. Most of the parish was organized in large open … reimbursed by the college. The college also paid for drainage and other structural improvements both at …
Survey of London
… of land in Westminster which was surrendered by the Abbot and Convent of Abingdon to Henry VIII in 1536. 1 It was then … Field in which it lay, in the Bailiwick of St. James, and was held by the Poultney (later Pulteney) family from … and place are not what may be considered dilapidated'. The drainage was, however, very defective, and an outbreak of …