Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: CornwallC. Cooke, 1817 |
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Page 21
... erected in the year 1742 , and is supported by eight round brick pillars . At the upper end of the market- place , stands a ruinous brick edifice , called the Court Chamber , where the lord's leet is annually held ; this building ...
... erected in the year 1742 , and is supported by eight round brick pillars . At the upper end of the market- place , stands a ruinous brick edifice , called the Court Chamber , where the lord's leet is annually held ; this building ...
Page 22
... erected to his memory , His nephew Ambrose Phillips , who settled here after travelling over several parts of the continent , built in the park an elegant gateway in imitation of a triumphal arch , also a circular temple to Venus , and ...
... erected to his memory , His nephew Ambrose Phillips , who settled here after travelling over several parts of the continent , built in the park an elegant gateway in imitation of a triumphal arch , also a circular temple to Venus , and ...
Page 28
... erected in the place of the old one . In the great hall is a curious chair , cut out of one solid oak - tree , which measured 34 feet in circumference . Returning again to our road , at the distance of about four miles from Quorndon ...
... erected in the place of the old one . In the great hall is a curious chair , cut out of one solid oak - tree , which measured 34 feet in circumference . Returning again to our road , at the distance of about four miles from Quorndon ...
Page 30
... erected in its place . The cross consisted of a slender shaft of eight sides , fluted and embellished within the flutes , with carved heads , quartrefoils , & c . the upper part of the shaft being terminated with a crocketed pediment ...
... erected in its place . The cross consisted of a slender shaft of eight sides , fluted and embellished within the flutes , with carved heads , quartrefoils , & c . the upper part of the shaft being terminated with a crocketed pediment ...
Page 33
... erected 2,500 years ago ; or 850 years before the Christian æra , by King Leir , who had three daughters , Goneral , Regale , and Cordelle , the latter of whom succeed- ed him in his kingdom , after he had reigned 40 years . Though much ...
... erected 2,500 years ago ; or 850 years before the Christian æra , by King Leir , who had three daughters , Goneral , Regale , and Cordelle , the latter of whom succeed- ed him in his kingdom , after he had reigned 40 years . Though much ...
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