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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is bounded on three sides by the river Avon and its head-streams. 3 It measures 1 mile from the northern boundary to … 4 The narrow strip of alluvium which borders the boundary streams of the parish on the south, west, north, and … Street are sited. The heavier soils near the boundary streams were formerly exploited as watermeadows and in 1970 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… mills, as in the 17th and 18th centuries all the small streams in this part of the county were utilized for forges. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… woodland, beyond scattered copses, but several small streams and a large number of ponds. The Rectory, south of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… name from St. Saviour's Mill. The existence of these tidal streams is recorded in placenames. In the early 14th or late … obtainable twice in every twenty-four hours from the tidal streams of the Thames and was used as a motive power by … population subsisted chiefly on bread and potatoes. 48 The streams which surrounded Jacob's Island were built over after …