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Henley: Local Government
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… seems to have become more widely concerned with nuisances, drainage and public sanitation, dividing the town into four … a sanitary committee, and recommending a general drainage system for the whole town. 3 From 1865, however, its … board, which, though slow to tackle the pressing issues of drainage and water supply, presented itself as the more …
Henley: Origin and Development of the Town
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… 18645, when it was proposed to extend paving and surface drainage northwards up to Northfield End, and southwards to … 1901 a hostile newspaper claimed that lighting and surface drainage remained poor, and that the paving stone used in …
Henley: Social and Political History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… unreformed corporation, 1 disputes over sanitation and drainage schemes, and, in the later 19th century, Temperance. … oligarchy incapable of tackling the pressing issues of drainage and sanitation. 4 Outspoken critics included leading … public statements regarding the board's policies on drainage and town improvements. 5 The conflict rumbled on …
Henley: Town Buildings
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… house to be tenanted before inspection and before proper drainage was installed, in 'gross breach of the bye-laws'. 7 … older parts of the town, where overcrowding, inadequate drainage, poor water supplies and poor construction were …
Survey of London
… engineer employed by the fourth Earl of Bedford on the drainage of the Bedford Level, occupied a house on the site … Vermuyden, c. 1647, Dutch engineer employed on the drainage of the Bedford Level; Lady Pickering, c. 16501; Sir …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… first took it, it was a marsh ground and lay all open. The drainage has cost more than 100 l. and the ground is 2ft. …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… has lately had drained and ditched, to know whether their drainage will hinder the fortifying of the town, and to view …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the chief need of Isleworth and Hounslow was proper drainage, and this continued unsatisfied. Isleworth vestry … was attributed to the open sewer which provided the only drainage of the new Spring Grove and Woodlands housing areas. … survived for some years as a result of the disagreements. Drainage was a more important matter, but it was not until …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Ham parish 1838 COMMUNICATIONS Before the inclosure and drainage of King's Sedgemoor there was no land route north … 1536. 12 Courts were concerned with tenancies, repairs, drainage, roads, the collection of chevage, and the control …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1894 and 1908 there were many complaints of foul and open drainage ditches in the parish, but in spite of this a … a joint sewage scheme was rejected in 1901. 37 The main drainage of High Ongar village had been completed by 1915, … connected to the main sewer until 1925. 38 There is main drainage on the Millfield estate and at Marden Ash. The Ongar …