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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on a small stream which flows to the west, are several water-mills connected with the manufacture. The Gloucester … 1741 acres are arable, 1858 pasture, 244 woodland, and 134 water. It is intersected by the road between Doncaster and … are arable, 145 meadow and pasture, and 34 woodland and water; the surface is undulated, and the scenery pleasingly …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Luffenham, South; Morcott; Pilton; Seaton with Thorpe-by-Water; Stoke Dry; Tixover The parishes of which Wrandike, or, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… picturesque appearance. In the park is a large sheet of water called Micklemere, near which has been discovered a … quantities are produced in the neighbourhood, for the supply of the clothiers in the adjoining districts, and those …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… writing ink' that used ALEPPO GALL crushed and boiled in water, to which was added GREEN COPPERAS (ferrous sulphate), … for a 'Powder for making black writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' [Patents (1688)], as was the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wych saltworks 12 produced a high saline content in the water. By 1750 Admaston Spa, sometimes known as Wellington …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… north-east bank of the Severn, in the bed of which, at low water, here maybe traced some foundations of an ancient stone … river, over which is a neat bridge. There is a sheet of water 80 acres in extent, besides two sheets of smaller … 1118 meadow and pasture, 56 woodland and plantations, 27 water, and 30 in roads. The surface is agreeably diversified, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… coke-iron industry. In 1757 the township's mines began to supply ironstone to the Coalbrookdale partners' works at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard Steventon owned three water corn mills, probably three wheels in one mill, at … of Allscott was described as a fuller. There were three water corn and two fulling mills there in 1745. 8 By 1799 a … worth one mark a year, probably at Orleton, in 1198. 11 A water mill at Orleton, mentioned in 1305, was ruinous in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… that village was built 1911-12. 58 About 1933 piped water was brought from Wellington to Admaston, Bratton, and … S.R.O. 4472/Par/17 (Jan. 1934); A. H. S. Waters, Rep. on Water Supplies (S.C.C. 1946), 99. Local inf. Kelly's Dir. …