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A History of the County of Essex
… it was in a 'disgraceful state' and the Tendring Hundred Railway Co. re- placed it with a new road, which had tollgates in … omitted. In 1901 in population Wivenhoe was second only to Great Coggeshall in Lexden hundred, but the rate of increase …
A History of the County of Essex
… council sold the waterworks in 1961 to Tendring Waterworks Co. which supplemented the supply by feeding in water from … in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as Wivenhoe Gas Co. which was still trading under that name in 1937. The … 92 By 1947 gas was supplied in bulk by Colchester Gas Co. In 1949 gas was nationalized and Wivenhoe was supplied by …
A History of the County of Essex
… was succeeded by his son John, his grandson Roger, and his great grandson Horatio. In 1657 Horatio Townshend sold the …
A History of the County of Essex
… they continued until 1933. 88 In 1864 Henry Ruffnell, a railway official, held evangelical meetings, mainly for railway nav- vies, in a barn. His successor, George Carter …
Survey of London
… iron with curved ends. The shop fronts were designed with great skill. The window stood in the centre, flanked by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… on a 16th or 17th-century timber construction set in the western extension of the nave; it consists of angle-posts …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (centred SP 910637; Fig. 157), N. of the village, on Great Oolite Limestone at 84 m. above OD. Air photographs … in the centre of the village, 150 m. S. of the church, on Great Oolite Limestone at 76 m. above OD. In the 18th century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and in the neighbouring coal, lead, and lime works, a great portion of the population is employed. Workmen are also … of the town. An act was passed in 1845 for making a railway called the Wear-Valley railway: the line runs from … supposed to be either British or Danish. Near the south-western angle of the churchyard is a large vault, the roof of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. but when the great Survey was made, towards the latter end of the … thirty years old. This second Sir Richard, was the very great advancer of his family, being a Judge from the 3 E. 3. … Willughby, who married Anne, one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Simon Leek of Cotham, Esquire, but he died …
A Dictionary of London
… this=Wolsies lane. Wolsieslane See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, … "Wodestrete," 24 H. III. (Ch. I. p.m.). Afterwards called Great Wood Street and Little Wood Street (S. 292), and down to The 19th century. Great Wood Street was the southern portion from Cheapside to …