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A History of the County of Oxford
… Aston and Cote Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Aston and Cote shared a field system apparently by 1239, when … mentioned in the 15th century, 89 remained a problem, and drainage channels dug to protect them in 1668 were paid for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Aston and Cote Introduction ASTON AND COTE ASTON AND COTE township (2,997 a.) adjoined the … 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
… the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 6 miles (W. by S.) from … 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
… 16 km. south-west of Gloucester between the river Severn and the Forest of Dean. The large parish contained seven … estates, numerous ancient farmsteads, the industrial and trading village of Blakeney which replaced Awre village … falls to a level, which is crossed by a series of reens (drainage ditches) and was once farmed mainly as open fields. …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… PARISH, which lies east of the Fosse way between Ilchester and Shepton Mallet, comprises the village of Babcary to the … in use in 1903. 23 It was concerned with the insanitary drainage system and the state of footpaths, but rejected a … farmers could not be accredited without a water supply. Sewerage remained a serious problem in the 1970s and mains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… BAMPTON, 1the centre of an Anglo-Saxon royal estate and hundred, site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster, and formerly a market town, lies close to the river Thames c. … Haddon townships, lay chiefly on Oxford Clay, which caused drainage problems but provided some 'strong corngrowing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. AGRICULTURE. In … of a large unitary estate which cut across later field and township boundaries, 38 but by the 14th century and … included 87 ewes and lambs, 50 cattle, and 30 pigs. 72 Drainage remained difficult near the river and on the heavy …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a compact block of land, bounded on part of the north and much of the east by the river Windrush, on the south by the river Thames, and on part of the south-west by the river Leach. From an … at Standlake, Yelford, and Northmoor presumably reflected drainage rather than defensive requirements. V.C.H. Oxon. ii. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… outline that which continued for the next two hundred and fifty years, until the break-up of the estate in the 15th … Commissioners, the board was responsible for sewage and sewerage, health, and all sanitary matters connected … of Health created in 1852 had by 1857 completed a modified drainage and sewerage scheme, which included the drainage of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… (North) Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief … its name from the district in which it is situated, and which obtained the appellation of Boyn from the Gaelic, … grounds on the banks of the streams which receive the drainage of the hills, are in general fertile, as well as …