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... lived a thin and haggard population of " Fen- slodgers , " called " yellow - bellies " in the inland counties , who derived a precarious subsistence from fowling and fishing . They were described by writers of the time as a rude and ...
... lived a thin and haggard population of " Fen- slodgers , " called " yellow - bellies " in the inland counties , who derived a precarious subsistence from fowling and fishing . They were described by writers of the time as a rude and ...
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... lived for the most part in single houses , dispersed through the newly - recovered coun- try . A house built by Vermuyden remains . It was chiefly of timber , and what is called stul - bound . It was built round a quadrangular court ...
... lived for the most part in single houses , dispersed through the newly - recovered coun- try . A house built by Vermuyden remains . It was chiefly of timber , and what is called stul - bound . It was built round a quadrangular court ...
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... lived at a distance from the river . Besides , the attempt was made by those who occupied the lanes leading towards the Thames to stop the thoroughfare , and allow none to pass without paying a toll . A large number of persons then ...
... lived at a distance from the river . Besides , the attempt was made by those who occupied the lanes leading towards the Thames to stop the thoroughfare , and allow none to pass without paying a toll . A large number of persons then ...
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... lived in the overhanging tenement above it , as was then the custom of city merchants . Few , if any , lived away from their places of business . The roads into the country , close at hand , were impassable in bad weather , and danger ...
... lived in the overhanging tenement above it , as was then the custom of city merchants . Few , if any , lived away from their places of business . The roads into the country , close at hand , were impassable in bad weather , and danger ...
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... lived in London * after his return from the Spanish main in 1591 , formed an occasional member of the group ; for Pennant states that he and his friend Captain Thomas Price , of Plâsgollen , and another , Captain Koet , were the first ...
... lived in London * after his return from the Spanish main in 1591 , formed an occasional member of the group ; for Pennant states that he and his friend Captain Thomas Price , of Plâsgollen , and another , Captain Koet , were the first ...
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afterwards amongst aqueduct bank became bill boats breach Bridge Bridgewater Canal Brindley Brindley's Burslem called carried Cheshire coal conduits Congleton construction contrived Cwmsymlog difficulty district drain drainage drowned Duke of Bridgewater Duke's canal Earl embankment employed enable engineer England enterprise erected executed Fcap feet Fens George Stephenson Gilbert Grand Trunk Harecastle Hatfield History horses improved industry inhabitants inland Irwell James James Brindley Josiah Wedgwood King labour land length Liverpool London Lord machinery Manchester manufacturing Marsh ment Mersey miles mill navigation neighbourhood occasion occupied opened Parliament passed Perry port Portrait Post 8vo Potteries proceeded proposed reclaimed Riquet river river Irwell river Mersey roads Royal Runcorn Second Edition shortly Sir Bevis Sir Cornelius Vermuyden skill sluices Staffordshire Street supply Thames tide tion town trade Trent tunnel Turnhurst undertaking Vermuyden Vols Wedgwood whilst Woodcuts workmen Worsley
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