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A History of the County of Middlesex
… were formed later, often of a temporary nature, such as a drainage committee in 1883 and a fire brigade committee in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… used deep artesian wells by 1931. 92 Bad sanitation and drainage were reported by the vestry's board of health in … nearly 400 premises and ascribed much disease to poor drainage and sanitation. The committee was disbanded in 1849, … of Works in 1857 levied money in Acton, probably because drainage passed into the board's area to the east. In 1858 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… century and included stone walls of buildings, floors, drainage channels and a 'road' ( Northants. Archaeol., 11 … with an E.-facing entrance. This feature may have been a drainage gully encircling a hut ( Northants. Archaeol., 12 … was found in the bed and bank of the R. Nene during drainage work. It is possible that the road crossed the river …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Everton, Scaftworth, Gringley, Misterton and Walkeringham drainage act 1796. Gateford and Shireokes enclosure 1796. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… an increased value of at least five shillings an acre. 18 Drainage had been much required on these new inclosures; 'the … get good hay there. They were also too flat for ordinary drainage, and therefore became soft. The meadows on the banks of the Colne were more fertile, and here the drainage was better. The common arable lands are said to be …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the regulations concerning crop spraying. 14 Large-scale drainage schemes enhancing the value of farm land were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and when the dung in these is thrown up into a heap drainage and excessive fermentation are guarded against. On …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… corn depended largely upon sheep, and, in addition, upon drainage. The six-course rotation followed in the … the harvest, and generally increase efficiency, better drainage was neededa need not shared by the south. Every … on clay. 151 By the mid-19th century 'large amounts' of drainage had been done, but the lower lands were still …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… financed by 30-year loans from the General Land Drainage and Improvement Co., was, on the completion of the … agriculture, for the new buildings and the drainage they provided led to an economically precarious …
Survey of London
… and again from 1832 to 1835. Was made F.R.S. and worked on drainage, railways and harbours in England. He projected a …