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A History of the County of Middlesex
… the 1860s, when it was alleged that work would affect the drainage and so harm the vegetation of the heath. 10 After …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… insistence on improvements. Some, such as repairs to drainage systems, were very expensive, particularly for those …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Co.'s rights in the smallest and southernmost one, whose drainage was sought by the residents of South Hill Park, were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1848 99 to be living in alleys and courts 1 without drainage or water supply. Overcrowding, with many families …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… supply was not available until later. 65 Before the drainage system was constructed from 1859 onwards, … surface water. 66 As the town was near the top of a hill, drainage was not seen as a problem until in the 1840s, after …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… nos. 42 and 44, remained active until it was affected by drainage work. A new fountain, 'recently erected' in 1876 on …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… streets and Sumatra Road was urged c. 1955, because of bad drainage and neglected houses. 51 They had been overcrowded …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1935 when mains water from Witney was connected. 82 Main drainage was completed in 1963, and a sewage disposal works, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was taken of the possibilities of the situation for drainage purposes. There was only one sewer worth the name, … of the houses on one side of the main street, and lack of drainage, while in Mill Street (now Etruria Road) the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… resulted from the lack of any control over building and drainage by the time the local board of health was formed in …