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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works of the Kent Water Company. The public buildings are on a scale of vast … There is no trade except what is requisite for the supply of the inhabitants, nor is any particular branch of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… oval panels, ( a) figure of Christ as the fountain of the water of life and ( b) St. Mary Magdalene anointing the feet … above; the piers are provided on both sides with 'cut-water' projections finished with a tabled capping at the … remains of the Conduit Head, for supplying the palace with water, stand on the E. side of the Southend Road, 1,050 yards …
The Environs of London
… An estate in the marshes, on the Essex side of the water, (but within this parish, and in the county of Kent,) … inundation happened, by which many acres were laid under water, some of which have never been recovered. (Hasted's … at high-tide is nearly a mile wide at Woolwich, and the water, at the flood, salt. From the information of the Rev. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a pleasant site, and is embellished with a pool of water covering about an acre. The living is a discharged … and there is now no trade beyond what is requisite for the supply of the inhabitants. The Wilts and Berks canal passes …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which provided good meadow land and powered the many water mills of the region. The parishes of the northern part … sheep farming seems to have been a cause, while at Water Eaton (in Kidlington) the inclosing activities of a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hamstall and Pinkhill in Stanton Harcourt, Gosford, Water Eaton, and Cote in Kidlington, and the extraparochial … at Cogges and South Leigh in the west and Begbroke, Water Eaton, and Yarnton in the east. There was abundant … House, and the manor houses at Shipton, Stanton Harcourt, Water Eaton, and Yarnton. Woodstock acquired some …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and at its north end was served by a pond in which the water of a stream flowing, perhaps intermittently, southwards …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are well paved, lighted with gas, and supplied with river water by means of a steam-engine, erected on the eastern bank … effected; and in 1846, another act was passed for a better supply of gas. A public subscription library was established … Trunk which unites the navigation of the Severn with the water communication between the rivers Trent and Mersey; the …