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A History of the County of Oxford
… introduced before 1949, 79 gas before 1939, 80 and mains drainage c. 1967. 81 There was little expansion of either …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… town declined until a fresh impulse was given to it by the drainage of the adjacent levels, which so much increased the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… falls to a level, which is crossed by a series of reens (drainage ditches) and was once farmed mainly as open fields. … White inclosed and drained c. 30 a. by making numerous drainage furrows, two cribs (breakwaters), and a long reen to …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… in use in 1903. 23 It was concerned with the insanitary drainage system and the state of footpaths, but rejected a … Sewerage remained a serious problem in the 1970s and mains drainage was not provided until 1992. 24 RELIGIOUS HISTORY …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Haddon townships, lay chiefly on Oxford Clay, which caused drainage problems but provided some 'strong corngrowing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included 87 ewes and lambs, 50 cattle, and 30 pigs. 72 Drainage remained difficult near the river and on the heavy clay in Weald. 73 Following the Thames Valley Drainage Acts of 1871 and 1874 parts of the Thames between … and Buscot were widened and deepened to improve arterial drainage and prevent flooding, though the Commissioners' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Standlake, Yelford, and Northmoor presumably reflected drainage rather than defensive requirements. V.C.H. Oxon. ii. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Health created in 1852 had by 1857 completed a modified drainage and sewerage scheme, which included the drainage of Grimsbury, and had properly drained 550 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… grounds on the banks of the streams which receive the drainage of the hills, are in general fertile, as well as … recently been made in husbandry, consisting chiefly in drainage, and the reclaiming of waste land. The rateable … a considerable size, and, augmented by the waters from the drainage of the lands, overflow the banks of the deep and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… however, was a single lamp under the railway bridge. Main drainage had been put in by 1965. 65 A sewage treatment works …