The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... half - yearly by the Master Forester of Amounderness , whose duty it is , in right of his office , to hold the several Courts for the said Forests . Wyersdale is situated as Quernmore . The river Wyer rises in this Forest , and flows ...
... half - yearly by the Master Forester of Amounderness , whose duty it is , in right of his office , to hold the several Courts for the said Forests . Wyersdale is situated as Quernmore . The river Wyer rises in this Forest , and flows ...
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... half . By the first act , it was intended to carry this branch to Hollin Ferry , near Glazebrook , there to join the Mersey and Ir- well navigation . This plan was never completed . The principal feeders for this Canal are the Worsley ...
... half . By the first act , it was intended to carry this branch to Hollin Ferry , near Glazebrook , there to join the Mersey and Ir- well navigation . This plan was never completed . The principal feeders for this Canal are the Worsley ...
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... half a mile , near Midway . At Borwick , a little south of Burton , it sinks to its mid - level , which it preserves for several miles , making for this purpose a very wind- ing course , in some places approaching almost close to the ...
... half a mile , near Midway . At Borwick , a little south of Burton , it sinks to its mid - level , which it preserves for several miles , making for this purpose a very wind- ing course , in some places approaching almost close to the ...
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... half , is a rise of seventy - five feet and a half : thence to Hollingwood branch four miles and a half , with a rise of eighty - one feet : thence to Failsworth brook , two miles and three - quarters , is level : thence to the Rochdale ...
... half , is a rise of seventy - five feet and a half : thence to Hollingwood branch four miles and a half , with a rise of eighty - one feet : thence to Failsworth brook , two miles and three - quarters , is level : thence to the Rochdale ...
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... half , to communicate from that town to the Irish Sea . An Act of Parliament was obtained for this , in the thirty - third of George the Third . A lock is made of 112 feet long , capable of receiving a large vessel . This Canal is 65 ...
... half , to communicate from that town to the Irish Sea . An Act of Parliament was obtained for this , in the thirty - third of George the Third . A lock is made of 112 feet long , capable of receiving a large vessel . This Canal is 65 ...
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