History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: With Select Lists of the Merchants & Traders of London, and the Principal Commercial and Manufacturing Towns of England; and a Variety of Other Commercial Information: Also a Copious List of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire, Volume 2E. Baines, 1823 |
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... Road Making , M'Adam's System , Robert the Scribe , Trent Falls , Ulf , founder of the church at Aldbro ' , Waine ... Roads , 5 successful stratagem , 27 Mill , Bainbridge , 411 Whitby , history of , 571 Roseberry Topping , White Battle ...
... Road Making , M'Adam's System , Robert the Scribe , Trent Falls , Ulf , founder of the church at Aldbro ' , Waine ... Roads , 5 successful stratagem , 27 Mill , Bainbridge , 411 Whitby , history of , 571 Roseberry Topping , White Battle ...
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... road Barr Charles , banker ; h . Commercial st . Bedford Chas . bricklayer , & c . Templar st . Bennet James , foreign wool , oil , indigo , & c . merchant , Albion street Benson Jervas , gent . Park row Bentley James , stuff and shawl ...
... road Barr Charles , banker ; h . Commercial st . Bedford Chas . bricklayer , & c . Templar st . Bennet James , foreign wool , oil , indigo , & c . merchant , Albion street Benson Jervas , gent . Park row Bentley James , stuff and shawl ...
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... roads of York- shire , the course of the great road , called Watling - street , running from south to north , has already been described , † and shown to The wapentakes of the West - Riding are enumerated at page 653 , Vol I. At page ...
... roads of York- shire , the course of the great road , called Watling - street , running from south to north , has already been described , † and shown to The wapentakes of the West - Riding are enumerated at page 653 , Vol I. At page ...
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... road , or passage into the Minster yard , and the Deanery , nearly opposite to the South tran- sept . Over the clock , which is above the spacious flight of stone steps , is a large Gothic window of painted glass , and still higher , a ...
... road , or passage into the Minster yard , and the Deanery , nearly opposite to the South tran- sept . Over the clock , which is above the spacious flight of stone steps , is a large Gothic window of painted glass , and still higher , a ...
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... road . The cost of these erections , with the twelve acres of ground appropriated to the purpose , has been little short of 30,000l . and the accom- modation they afford is for three field offi- cers , five captains , nine subalterns ...
... road . The cost of these erections , with the twelve acres of ground appropriated to the purpose , has been little short of 30,000l . and the accom- modation they afford is for three field offi- cers , five captains , nine subalterns ...
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Page 412 - Blush not, marble, to rescue from oblivion the memory of HENRY JENKINS : a person obscure in birth, but of a life truly memorable; for he was enriched with the goods of nature, if not of fortune, and happy in the duration, if not variety, of his enjoyments; and, tho...
Page 27 - ... unless by deed indented, executed in the presence of two witnesses, twelve calendar months before the death of the donor, and enrolled in the Court of Chancery within six months after its execution...
Page 145 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 193 - Spalding moor, for two monks, one of whom was employed in guiding travellers over the dreary wastes, and the other in imploring the protection of heaven for those who were exposed to the dangers of the road ; and there are persons yet living who can remember the time when, in foggy weather, it was considered a dangerous attempt to cross the common without a guide.
Page 16 - In the architecture of th« choir a variation from that of the nave is perceptible. The roof displays more tracery ; an elegant kind of festoon work descends from the capitals of the pillars from which the vaulting springs; through every part is seen a great profusion of ornaments; and the whole exhibits a near approach to the highly florid style which prevailed before the end of the 15th century- The ancient wood work of the choir yet remains.
Page 4 - He told them, that they ought no more to pretend giving a judgment with regard to government, than a blind man with regard to colours: " And we," he added, " with our whole " council, think it right strange that ye, who be but " brutes and inexpert folk, do take upon you to appoint " us, who be meet or not for our council.
Page 430 - A beautiful intermixture of wood and lawn delights the eye ; and the prospects are every where rich and full of pleasing variety. The ornamental buildings in the park are in a style of grandeur. At the entrance on the south, is an elegant inn, for the accommodation of strangers. In the centre of beautiful avenues, bordered on each side with lofty trees, and crossed at right angles, stands a stately quadrangular obelisk, 100 feet in height, erected in the year 1714, to commemorate the victories of...
Page 209 - The siege of Hull having now commenced, Sir John Meldrum, a Scotch officer, was sent down by parliament to assist the governor, and greatly distinguished himself in the defence of the town. Notwithstanding the inundation, the king had brought his cannon to play on the town with some effect...
Page 204 - That monarch also, by another charter, bearing date the second of July, in the same year, granted, that the Mayors of Hull should, for the future, have the sword carried erect before them, and that the mayor and aldermen should have a cap of maintenance. In the year 1443, the town was divided into six wards, each of them governed by two aldermen, and the mayor presiding as head of the whole. — In the month of September, 1448, Henry VI. on his return to London, from the north, visited Hull, and...