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  Loxley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loxley, Alabama, a town in the United States.
Loxley - or, at least, Lower Loxley - is a location in the fictional universe of The Archers, a long-running UK radio drama serial.
This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loxley   (96 words)

  
 River Rivelin - TheBestLinks.com - England, Hillsborough, South Yorkshire, River Don, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
River Rivelin, England, River, Hillsborough, South Yorkshire, River Don,...
The River Rivelin is a river in South Yorkshire, England.
It is joined by the River Loxley at Malin Bridge before flowing into the River Don at Hillsborough.
www.thebestlinks.com /River_Rivelin.html   (104 words)

  
 River Don, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The River Don is a river in South Yorkshire, England.
Along the Sheffield–Rotherham stretch of the river are five weirs that punctuate a local footpath: the Five Weirs Walk.
Fig trees grow on a stretch of the river bank in Sheffield; the seeds having germinated successfully thanks to the increased warmth of the water near factory outfalls.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/River-Don,-England.htm   (258 words)

  
 Huntingdtonshire and Loxley, of Robin Hood and Yorkshire
Locksleah, Locksley, Loxley are all synonymous with the claimed place-name for the birth-place of Robin.
Loxley in Warwickshire, with a Lombardic style or fleuretty cross on the capping stone.
Loxley village in Yorkshire lies on the River Loxley about three miles from the centre of present day Sheffield near the site of a Roman road from Doncaster to Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire ("the road to nowhere").
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Lane/8771/loxley.html   (2585 words)

  
 Yorkshire - Little John Hathersage Sherwood Nottingham Robin Hood Loxley Peak District pictures history
The Northumbrian/Mercian boundary is the river Don and the brown line parallel to it is a modern railway line.
The consequence was that near Loxley, on land that belonged to the Sheriff of Nottingham, was the "Royal Forest of the Peak" along with the magnificent Deer Park of Beauchief Abbey and it is easy to imagine the wrath of the monks and the sheriff who would be united against Robin Hood's poaching/hunting activities.
Yorkshire's Bradfield and Loxley are on the right hand bank and the old Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire is on the left.
myweb.ecomplanet.com /kirk6479/mycustompage0031.htm   (436 words)

  
 Eco-Tours: The Rivers of Nuevo Leon July 1, 2002 - A Review by Loxley
There are rivers, at certain times and seasons-on the green side of Monterrey during the spring and fall rainy seasons-when otherwise sluggish puddles meandering a dried out water course rear up and take off like a Colorado mountain stream, transformed into the perfect white water for a sport kayak.
5,000) in their turn use the river for bathing, drinking, irrigating pesticide protected fruit orchards, and the river is used for carrying away their disposables to the next village downstream.
El Norte reported that in the Pesqueria municipality where the river interfaces with a community called Zacatequitas, on the way to Agua Fria, lots of garbage has accumulated on the riverbanks and lots of drain discharge is found along the way.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/lloxley/llriver.html   (2432 words)

  
 Styx River Tube & Canoe Rental Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Once you have arranged your trip at the office you will be directed to park near the river bank in an expansive parking area.
If you see someone trashing the river, pick up after them and then report them at the end of the trip.
If you wish to avoid the rapids, they can be bypassed via a short trail on the right side of the river.
www.toobing.net /styx/info.htm   (578 words)

  
 Robert Henshaw
Loxley Valley Conservation Group is to contact all residents on the new estate warning them of the dangers.
The boundary of Barnsdale Forest starts at the River Don in the south, which is the approximate Northumbrian Boundary and continues to the River Aire in the north, i.e.
Loxley was in the centre of this massive forested region where the hunting was at its best and the roads were at their most dangerous.
www.robinhood.info /robinhood/Graham_Kirkby.html   (4747 words)

  
 New Page 4
Proceed along the old roadway, the RIVER LOXLEY is on the left, and the remains of the UPPER WISEWOOD FORGE/SCYTHE WORKS are reached, oldest records for this go back to around 1531, the forge was extensively damaged in the flood and claims mounted to around £IO,000 but only £8750 was paid.
Keep the remains of the building on the left and upon passing the last section tam left up the bank and through the trees and the MILL DAM is reached the path now crosses an iron bridge where water passed under to the Waterwheel pit for the old forge.
Continue down Loxley Road, the Village Green is on the left (a triangular plot of green land with trees and a seat), turn right into Black Lane and continue to the bottom.
www.bradfieldparish.org.uk /walks.htm   (7656 words)

  
 Robin Hood's Home - Little John Hathersage Sherwood Nottingham Robin Hood Loxley Peak District pictures history
Both Roger Dodsworth and John Harrison writing in the early 1600’s confirm Little Haggas Croft on the edge of Loxley common that was noted for its outlaw activity as Robin Hood’s home.
The gates for the rafters had been rudely fashioned by an unknown tool, and there were the remains of bracken with which the roof had been thatched.
Residents of the new housing development, on Loxley Road, have chopped down trees near Normandale House, in which Robin of Loxley is said to have grown up." On the opposite side of the road is Loxley Common.
myweb.ecomplanet.com /kirk6479/mycustompage0004.htm   (500 words)

  
 Sheffield Forum Archive - Residents of Loxley Villlage
Loxley was swallowed up into the urban sprawl of Sheffield 30 odd years ago.
Its boundaries are essentially from the embankment at the Dam Flask down to the middle of the river Loxley and up to Myers Lane and up Studfield Hill to the plantation.
Loxley is one of the few villages that have yet to do theirs and I'm looking for people to help me get it started.
www.sheffieldforum.co.uk /showthread/t-32369.html   (1144 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sedbergh is pleasantly situated in a secluded vale, among rugged mountains, at the N.W. extremity of the county, upon on the small river Rother.
This is only the name of an extensive tract of high ground declining on the north to the river Loxley, and on the south to the Riveling; there being, properly speaking, no village of Stannington, the principal collection of houses being known as upper-Gate and Nether-Gate.
This Mansion stands in a large and beautiful Park, watered by a stream that falls into the river Went, in the midst of the most fertile part of the county, bounded by an expanded range of distant hills; it was built by Edward Lascelles Esq.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/YKS/yrksdict/west/wests.txt   (13810 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Rivers of the United Kingdom Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The list of Rivers of the United Kingdom is a link page for the rivers of the United Kingdom River Pool River Quaggy River Mole River Wey River Kennet River Churn River Cole River Windrush River Cherw...
The list of Rivers of the United Kingdom is a link page for the rivers of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Land's End.
For simplicity, they are divided here by the nation in which the mouth of the river can be found, and sea into which it flows.
www.ipedia.com /rivers_of_the_united_kingdom.html   (226 words)

  
 River Loxley - TheBestLinks.com - England, 1864, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, ...
River Loxley - TheBestLinks.com - England, 1864, South Yorkshire, Sheffield,...
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 The Ultimate Driving Machine
The problem with a small thin fire is that you need to burn clean high calorific anthracite but if you burn a hole in the bed of coals the air will go through the gap and it is then very difficult to keep the fire burning.
The prototype was built in 1919 by Baldwin for the 2ft gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Maine USA and weighed in at a hefty 45 tons.
When all the charcoal had been replaced by coal and there was a very hot deep fire in the box, Roger cleared the cylinders of condensate by operating the reversing lever to set the engine backwards and then he ran forward and then backed onto the train.
www.roundhouse-eng.com /review3.htm   (2108 words)

  
 New Page 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The remains of five water driven mills are to be seen, perhaps the most notable is that of the Little Matlock Wheel.
Water is still a key resource for the City and although, in the Loxley valley Gannister is no longer worked for crucible pots, a modern industry remains in Stannington to serve the hi-tech steel industry of today.
The Parish lies between the Derwent in the northwest, the Don in the north and the Rivelin to the south, the river Loxley runs through the middle.
www.bradfieldparish.org.uk /farming.htm   (584 words)

  
 Sheffield Forum Archive - River in Hillsborough
The River Loxley and the River Rivelin merge near Malin Bridge and flow together alongside Holme Lane and Bradfield Road until they cross under Penistone Road and join the River Don.
They were built long ago to accumulate river water behind them so that the height of water increased and could then be used to drive water wheels.
I was lucky enough to arrange a private visit 2 years ago to take some film, and they actually ran it for me. Its completely original and made of wood, and runs the original 200 yr old snuff grinding mill, still perfectly preserved.
www.sheffieldforum.co.uk /showthread/t-13078.html   (766 words)

  
 Styx River Tube & Canoe Rental Rates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Styx River Tube and Canoe Rental is a family owned and operated business.
As defined by law, the river and river bed, including all sandbars and beaches, are considered public property.
The Baldwin County Sheriffs department patrols the river.
www.toobing.net /styx/rules.htm   (116 words)

  
 Great Sheffield flood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Great Sheffield flood, also known as the Great Inundation, was a disaster that devastated parts of (A steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry) Sheffield, (A division of the United Kingdom) England on March 11 1864.
The flood occurred following the collapse of the newly completed the Dale Dyke Dam at (additional info and facts about Low Bradfield) Low Bradfield on the (additional info and facts about River Loxley) River Loxley.
The estimated 3 million m³ (700 million imperial gallons) of water destroyed 800 houses, killing 270 people, and wrecked nearly every bridge as far as the (additional info and facts about Lady's Bridge) Lady's Bridge in the city centre.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Great_Sheffield_flood.htm   (175 words)

  
 Dam Disasters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The estimated 3 million m³ (700 million imperial gallons) of water destroyed 800 houses, killing 270 people, and wrecking every bridge as far as the Lady's Bridge in the city centre.
The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, and was the result of the failure of the South Fork Dam situated 14 miles upstream of the town of
Debris above the Pennsylvania Railroad BridgeThe area surrounding the town was already prone to flooding due to its positioning on the confluence of the Stony Creek and Little Conemaugh rivers, and due to the artificial straightening of these rivers for the purposes of development.
www.disasterrecovery-businesscontinuity.com /drp/disaster/Dam_Disasters   (584 words)

  
 KES Mag Spring, 1970
As the River Sheaf flows down Abbeydale from the works to the Ice Rink it becomes progressively dirtier possibly due to the addition of chemicals.
The explanation for this is that the river Loxley joining before the City Centre would have a cleaning effect.
The obvious conclusions from the tests were that the Don was by far the dirtiest which could be expected as all the other rivers join it.
nlc.oldedwardians.org.uk /mags/70Spr.html   (9902 words)

  
 SFCA Claim for Loss of Property #5418
Building Walls next the River Loxley the Banks and Timber being washed away
Drains from the road to the River washed away
The Bed of the River Loxley being choked up with Sand and Gravel above this property the rubbish will be washed ~ into the dam and Goight ~ will ~ require emptying again ~
www2.shu.ac.uk /sfca/claimDetails.cfm?claim=6-5418   (456 words)

  
 Articles - List of rivers of Great Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
River Thames (From Oxford up to its source, the Thames is also known as the River Isis)
River Neckinger (See also Subterranean rivers of London for this and the others marked 'subterranean' below)
River Sark - straddles the border in its lower reaches
www.foreverd.com /articles/Rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom   (189 words)

  
 News - Sheffield Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Department of the Environment decided it was safe to leave what was still buried underground to decompose by natural biological reaction.
Tests on water on the River Loxley proved the area to be safe.
Eventually the whole site was covered with soil and levelled and the Pinegrove Club was built on part of the land in 1981.
www.sheffieldtoday.net /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=880386   (714 words)

  
 SFCA Claim for Loss of Property #5970
Damage to and in part destruction of the Walls and Hedges, also destruction of the Gates and Posts, About 75 Yards of the Bank of the River Loxley adjoining to Bridge Field and being near to Owlerton Bridge, also about 80 Yards of Wall along such River near the same place washed away.
Nearly 3 Acres of Land damaged requiring to be resoiled and first levelled.
Damage to and in part destruction of the River Wall, alongside the River Don, the Calf Shed and Cattle Pens, and the Urinals
www2.shu.ac.uk /sfca/claimDetails.cfm?claim=11-5970   (509 words)

  
 Alabama
Similar industrial expansion has occurred in central and southwestern areas, including around Birmingham, the state's largest city.
Alabama received its name from the Alabama River, which in turn was named after a Native American tribe who inhabited the region at the time the first Europeans arrived.
The name is believed to be a combination of two Choctaw words roughly meaning vegetation (alba) and gatherer (amo) which were applied to the Alabama, or Alibamon, people.
www.ovayonda.us /lodging/state/us-al.html   (445 words)

  
 Styx River Tube & Canoe Rental Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
You simply park at our office located on the river.
Styx River Tube and Canoe Rental is open 7 days a week for the Summer 2005 Season.
Styx River is a beautiful river with crystal clear water, a sandy bottom and plenty of sandbars for picnicking.
toobing.net /styx   (226 words)

  
 St Andrew's Sheffield - The Messenger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
There had been a number of water mills on the River Loxley and the devastation was severe with heavy pieces of masonry and machinery carried away by the rush of water.
By 1960 it was being used as a factory for stainless steel sinks, and later still, as a substitute for Colditz Castle in a TV series because of its forbidding appearance!.
We crossed fields parallel to the river Derwent which was running very high making the huge weir near the road bridge most impressive and quite deafening.
www.standrewsurcsheffield.org.uk /messenger.htm   (10501 words)

  
 Victorian Britain : 11 to 14 years
Canals and Waterways: Roots and Routes: Produced by Peter Hardcastle this website is a series of pages covering many of Britain's Inland Waterways.
Both man-made canals and commercial river navigations (including the Norfolk Broads) are covered on the web site.
Six hundred and fifty million gallons of water roared down the Loxley valley and into Sheffield, wreaking death and destruction on a horrific scale.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistoryVIC1.htm   (2300 words)

  
 Tide Predictions for Loxley, AL from The Old Farmer's Almanac
Tide Predictions for Loxley, AL from The Old Farmer's Almanac
Tide predication information is available for the following locations at or near Loxley, AL.
Click on any location to see the tide prediction for November 17, 2005 or search for another location.
www.almanac.com /tide/36551   (152 words)

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