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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and are much damaged by later activity and drainage. They represent the medieval routeway into the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of thousands of acres of waste by tree felling, drainage, and inclosure. In general the greatest amount of … instance, were also involved in considerable inclosure and drainage schemes. Other families were less enterprising: on … to the lodge before 1679. 38 Landowners were involved in drainage operations too, especially in north Shropshire. In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… as in the south (Fig. 12). 70 Despite the serious drainage costs involved in some cases, the heavier clay soils … reduced the cost: on the Baggy Moor, for example, wide drainage ditches were made to serve as fences in the late … prosperous years that followed the peace of 1815, large drainage schemes were undertaken by, for example, the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lands, and of allowances in manures, payment of drainage charges, and other permanent improvements. 15 By the … Government grants to land improvement companies for drainage works after 1846 never amounted to substantial … state of farm incomes, meant that buildings, hedges, drainage schemes, and the standard of cultivation as a whole …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 60 per annum, rent of an allotment under the Downham Drainage act: there are also 30 acres of land worth 118. 10. … wholesome, though it has been much improved of late by drainage. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… usually kept. Half had lately died of rot owing to poor drainage. 19 From the early 17th century the copyholds …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… also enforced the villagers' duty to ditch their land for drainage and do one day's common work on the roads. 19 After …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… into two complete 2nd-century pots, were found during drainage works in 1967 ( BNFAS, 2 (1967), 9). Nearby, at SK …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… followed; the farm-buildings are in good repair, and drainage and manuring with lime are carefully attended to. …
A History of the County of Durham
… boundary of the site and affords special convenience for drainage, and also possibly by the west range being on the …