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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of thorn; and material advantage will arise from the drainage of Fala Flow, a measure already in progress. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 98 was not applied to street lighting until 1970. 99 A drainage system built for the town centre in 1905 was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Felpham village, however, then remained without proper drainage. 75 In 1910 a new scheme for the drainage of Bognor and Felpham planned jointly by Bognor … Map (1595). W.S.R.O., Chich. City Archives AZ 2. Land Drainage Rec. of W. Suss. ed. D. Butler, 57. Cf. W.S.R.O., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the inclosure, comprises 622 acres; but the expense of drainage has absorbed all the profit. Fenby, county of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… S.W. for a distance of 125 yds. before it becomes a narrow drainage channel. In the angle formed by the fork is a … 1807. (C.R.O., Enclosure Map) Fig. 61 Fen Ditton (41), Fen Drainage (41) Fen drainage (Fig. 61) in the parishes of Fen Ditton, Horningsea …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the lords of Fen Ditton and Stow cum Quy brought about the drainage of the 100-a. block of land allotted to the earl of … was ordered 'to be laid and kept in several'. 22 Further drainage initiatives, undertaken by the Bedford Level Corporation and later by the Swaffham Fen Drainage Commissioners, were partly completed between 1705 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… restoration of the church included the installation of a drainage system. 1 The church's octagonal font dates from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Fen Drayton attempted such inclosure under the fen drainage Acts, but were opposed by the commoners. No stint …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… perhaps recalling occupation by Dutchmen engaged in fen drainage. 35The east side of the high street has a line of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… maintaining the watercourses. 9After 1680 the revenue for drainage came partly from half the fines for breaking the … 14the parish highway surveyors continued to supervise drainage until 1894, paying for it partly by letting the … new rural district council to assume responsibility for drainage and the obstruction by some landowners c. 1883 of …