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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Article on the foundation of the Bank -1694 It must be observed that, in the fourth Session of … the Subscribers to be incorporated, and to erect a Bank, and to receive Recompence out of certain Duties arising … and from Beer and Ale; which was the Foundation of the Bank of England. That, on June the 8th following, a Draught …
A History of the County of Sussex
… brooks in the 17th and 18th centuries a river wall, i.e. bank, delimited brookland pasture from strips of land called … having been mowed regularly for c. 60 years. 33 An outer bank was constructed to include the slipes, apparently by … the volume and force of water in the river. 37 The river bank was raised in 1834. 38 The fishing of the river at …
Survey of London
… This house was believed to have occupied a site on the Bank which lies within the border of Hornsey. Its story, … by Frederick Prickett in 1842, that the house was on the Bank, in Hornsey. The only drawing so far discovered which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the village is pleasantly situated in a valley on the bank of the river Evenlode, near the border of Wychwood … is beautifully situated in a deep vale, near the eastern bank of the river Dove over which there is a bridge of stone: … to these, a national school is carried on; a savings' bank was erected in 1843, and there are several almshouses, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… probable that these banks originally joined on to the S. bank. At present little more than a scarp remains around the … Some 10 yards N.W. of this line of stones is a flattened bank or terrace which may possibly indicate the position of a … good and no sign can now be seen of any commencement of a bank issuing from them. In view of this, it would appear that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… banks and ditches and bounded on the N. by a well-marked bank and outer ditch beyond which is ridge-and-furrow. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it is situated on an eminence rising from the northern bank of the small river Stour, over which is a bridge of one … canal runs very near its southern extremity. On the bank of the Teme is the residence of Ashford Court. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The Somerset Central Railway, built along the canal bank, was opened in 1854. Ashcott and Meare station was built …