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Survey of London
… despite the fact that (in Lady Aberdeen's words) 'the drainage experts reported that "some incredible things have …
Survey of London
… its pedestal at the centre. The remainder included 57 for drainage and 40 to Robert Andrews for legal services. Alston, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Roman town plan to the mediaeval was seriously affected by drainage and the water table. Certainly Roman level is in … or still waterlogged and marshy, according to the drainage. According to William of Malmesbury ( Gesta Regum, … revealed evidence of systematic reclamation and drainage ( Arch. J., cxvi (1961), 5961). Within the enclosure …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the rides. Here, although it has been altered by a modern drainage ditch on its inner N.E. side, it is still traceable, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Grocott, Hackney Fifty Years Ago (1915), 8-9; Metropolitan Drainage, H.C. 233, p. 181(1857 Sess. 2), xxxvi. Stanford, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1861, H.C. 11, p. 391 (1862), xlvii. G. W. Humphreys, Main Drainage of Lond. (L.C.C. rep. 1930), plan 2 and p. 30; L.C.C. Main Drainage of Lond. (1909), 8, 10-12. Para. based on Jephson, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the 19th century soils were generally judged good, though drainage on the lower land was sometimes problematic. 13 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… good strong corn-land, which has been much improved by drainage and the application of manure. The Earl of Derby, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of which the conduit survives on the green, and a drainage system. 26 MANORS. Before the Conquest Hallaton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… well had been lost, as the water flow had been affected by drainage works, and £20 could be spent seeking it. So wide …