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A History of the County of Essex
… then submitted a ratepayers' petition demanding a special drainage district, under the Sewage Utilization Act (1867), … and Theydon Bois, following the lines of the special drainage district of 1868. The residue of Epping became the … in St. John's Road and Chapel Road in 18945. 132 Main drainage was provided for most properties in Epping Upland in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the country around is flat, and before the introduction of drainage here, the grounds were frequently under water. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 4000 more have been expended in effecting a complete drainage of the precincts. A new burial-ground was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… sluice-house, which formed the beginning of the original drainage system. The W. Range is almost wholly of the 16th …
Survey of London
… of the winding-engine houses still exists and is used as a drainage sump. 101 The cable was used for about eight years, …
Ewelme
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… was available from 19323, 17 and mains water and drainage from c.1953, 18 replacing wells, streams, and ponds …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lighting was fully installed soon after 1945. 53 Main drainage was introduced in 1899, and mains water supply in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… methods, including steam ploughing and extensive land drainage. 16 Other major farmers in 1851 included Thomas …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boundary followed ditches laid out on the inclosure and drainage of the Weald Moors in the early 19th century. Before … to the peat-filled Weald Moors in the north. 26 Before the drainage of the Weald Moors in the early 19th century the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the 19th century under the Wildmoors Inclosure and Drainage Act of 1801. 51 Most of the land north of the canal remained under grass until further drainage after the Second World War enabled it to be …