Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: CornwallC. Cooke, 1817 |
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... ment , with foundations of a floor , walls , & c . were discovered near this village . About one mile and a half to the south of the last- mentioned place is the small village of THUrcas- TON , famous for being the birih place of Hugh ...
... ment , with foundations of a floor , walls , & c . were discovered near this village . About one mile and a half to the south of the last- mentioned place is the small village of THUrcas- TON , famous for being the birih place of Hugh ...
Page 32
... ment , several coins of Constantine , broken urns , & c . Returning to our road , at the distance of about seven miles from Mountsorrel , after passing through the village of Belgrave , we arrive at LEICESTER , LEICESTER , The largest ...
... ment , several coins of Constantine , broken urns , & c . Returning to our road , at the distance of about seven miles from Mountsorrel , after passing through the village of Belgrave , we arrive at LEICESTER , LEICESTER , The largest ...
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... ment , this castle was deeply involved , being gar- risoned for the king ; it was besieged by the parlia- mentary forces , and although it was never actuaily conquered ( from whence the garrison obtained the name of Maiden ) , it was ...
... ment , this castle was deeply involved , being gar- risoned for the king ; it was besieged by the parlia- mentary forces , and although it was never actuaily conquered ( from whence the garrison obtained the name of Maiden ) , it was ...
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... ment tended to unite the two families of York and Lancaster , whose contentions had kept the nation in a continued succession of wars , hostilities , and personal animosities , from the beginning of the reign of Henry VI . to the ...
... ment tended to unite the two families of York and Lancaster , whose contentions had kept the nation in a continued succession of wars , hostilities , and personal animosities , from the beginning of the reign of Henry VI . to the ...
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... ment , having made his escape , here joined Henry ; and inflamed his ardour for the attempt , by the favourable accounts which he brought of the dispo- sitions of the English nation , and their universal hatred of Richard's crimes and ...
... ment , having made his escape , here joined Henry ; and inflamed his ardour for the attempt , by the favourable accounts which he brought of the dispo- sitions of the English nation , and their universal hatred of Richard's crimes and ...
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