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Though the cost of any building work must vary in accordance with its scale , the nature of the site , the availability of labour and materials and so on , and though it would be hazardous to assume that the recorded figure of £ 1,413 ...
Though the cost of any building work must vary in accordance with its scale , the nature of the site , the availability of labour and materials and so on , and though it would be hazardous to assume that the recorded figure of £ 1,413 ...
Page 125
And impressive as these figures are by any standard , it is to be remembered that they must be set against an English population of perhaps three to four millions . To mobilise so great a force of labourers and craftsmen it is scarcely ...
And impressive as these figures are by any standard , it is to be remembered that they must be set against an English population of perhaps three to four millions . To mobilise so great a force of labourers and craftsmen it is scarcely ...
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a a safe notional figure for the total number of castles in use in that area at that date . Next , from the vantage point of this more or less firm ground we can look both forward and backward . First , impressive as the figure of four ...
a a safe notional figure for the total number of castles in use in that area at that date . Next , from the vantage point of this more or less firm ground we can look both forward and backward . First , impressive as the figure of four ...
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